ladymarshall 61 Posted September 8, 2012 My insurance won't pay so out of pocket will be about 13k. It's going to be very hard to convince my hubby to let me finance this because he already believe I should lose weight the old fashioned way. Any suggestions on how to get insurance to pay? I wanted to lose a min of 50 lbs and a max of 70 lbs. some may thinks that's not enough for surgery but I have a fat person living in the inside so I'm always on the weight roller coaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2muchfun 8,927 Posted September 8, 2012 His mindset is a difficult one to overcome. Even fat people believe that crap. So they keep dieting and lose and then gain again. I've lost 50 lbs and my daughter made a comment last weekend that obese people are just too lazy to eat less. To keep harmony in the family I ignored the comment. If your insurance won't pay because it's not part of your employer's plan, you're out of luck. If it's because you have a low BMI, you may be able to have the surgery but you will have to have co-morbids to qualify and a willing PCP who will go to bat for you? tmf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladymarshall 61 Posted September 8, 2012 His mindset is a difficult one to overcome. Even fat people believe that crap. So they keep dieting and lose and then gain again. I've lost 50 lbs and my daughter made a comment last weekend that obese people are just too lazy to eat less. To keep harmony in the family I ignored the comment. If your insurance won't pay because it's not part of your employer's plan' date=' you're out of luck. If it's because you have a low BMI, you may be able to have the surgery but you will have to have co-morbids to qualify and a willing PCP who will go to bat for you? tmf[/quote'] Thanks but my insurance won't pay because it's not part of our plan. I was reading somewhere and somebody posted that the doctor put they were having a hernia surgery for them to have the surgery. So while removing the hernia they had the lapband done also. Sent from my iPad using LapBandTalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2muchfun 8,927 Posted September 8, 2012 Insurance fraud is a serious crime and I wouldn't recommend you solicit your surgeon to do it. There are far too many eyes in surgery and too many whistleblowers to attempt something like that. jmo of course. tmf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites