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Got denied on my first try I did everything that I needed to do they said if I feel I was wrongly denied write a letter proving my case I'm so sad and feel helpless I'm way over 40 BMI I have health issue and I done six month of a weight plan can anyone help

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I have bcbs of al. I called bcbs and talked to them to see if it would cover my lapband and they told me if I met all the qualifications that they had listed on the website they would pay for it 100 percent and all I would have to pay was for the Hospital fee of $100.00. I went through the weight loss program for 7months without skipping a month and my surgery had to be within a year from my weight loss appointments. I had to prove that I have had a BMI over 40 for the past 3 years or 35 with medical related issues that required medications. I could only prove 2 of the 3 years so I had to send in a picture of myself for the year that I didn't go to the doctor to prove my weight. I think that is all I had to do and they approved me the first try. I used Dr. Dewitt at Princeton Baptist Hospital in Birmingham. Do you know why you was denied?

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You need to ask them the reasons why they declined you otherwise you will be appealing blind.

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All they they said was weight loss. But I ask the doctor why and they said that I might have to go weight I'm again because it look like in off four days but they told me when to weight in

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