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Hi,

IS there anyone out there that has medicare and had a fill? Does Medicare cover the fill?

Thanks

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Are you in Australia? My fills are covered by Medicare as long as I have a current referral on file with my surgeon. Referrals expire after 12 months unless you get your GP to write indefinite on it.

If you are not in Australia and your Medicare is different to ours, then I don't know.

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NO, Ia m in the good old USA....but thanks for the info...:)

Might be the same here for all I know..

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Medicare in Australia is our government healthcare system - not perfect but definitely makes access to healthcare affordable for all.

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I live in Connecticut and have Medicaid and mine are covered. Not sure for how long though because I heard after a certain amount of time they do not cover them anymore.....Guess I will find out!

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Violet.hey I'm in CT too. I am trying to get together a wlsfa chapter. If ur interested let me know and other CT peeps. Its the weight loss surgery foundation of America. We need to the support each other on our journey s and learn and have fun. If ur not too sure about the wlsfa look it up.

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Violet.hey I'm in CT too. I am trying to get together a wlsfa chapter. If ur interested let me know and other CT peeps. Its the weight loss surgery foundation of America. We need to the support each other on our journey s and learn and have fun. If ur not too sure about the wlsfa look it up.

I'm in CT....I'm interested in help starting a WLSFA chapter...

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Great I'm on fb @ marlene joy banded. My email is marlene.paynter@gmail.com. where in CT r u from?

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Medicare covered mine for a yr. I'm in the US. Now 2 1/2 yrs later, I pay $160 for a fill.

Marci

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