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I just finished everything on Friday :D ! Im waiting for approval. They told me here in Kentucky they have 30 days to approval, Im hoping it doesnt take that long. :unsure:

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10 days

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Mine goes to insurance on Tuesday. Hopefully. However, my dad also has BCBS and his was approved in 45 minutes. So you never know. Good luck!

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They submitted all my papers on Thursday and told me it should take a week to receive any news I'll keep everyone posted if it happens like this.

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Thank you for replies! Im hoping that it is fast for me as well!

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they told be me 2 weeks, im in week 1 waiting ,,,,,,but the pharmacy call for my meds of lovenox injection for after the surgery sayin they were approved with no co payments,,, i hope that mean the surgery will be approved : /

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Thank you for replies! Im hoping that it is fast for me as well!

I called the ins co on the 10th day but probably was approved on the 7th day because when I called they said my approval was already mailed. I recommend calling them on the 7th day if you have not heard anything yet.

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I called mine before my seminar thank god, b/c they told me they don't cover it. ( i guess my policy)

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I found out at my information seminar today that my BC/BS of Kansas doesn't cover any type of weight loss surgery. I'm so disappointed! :(

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My information was submitted last Tuesday and I found out on Thursday that I was approved. Only 2 days! It was much quicker than I expected but I'm thrilled. Surgery date ... April 16th!!!!

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I found out at my information seminar today that my BC/BS of Kansas doesn't cover any type of weight loss surgery. I'm so disappointed! :(

me too, stupid bcbs. do u have carefirst???? I have to finance now and i found a doc that does it in the US for 8000 :) pm me for info

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Yep same as DNLMom my surgeon's office submitted my stuff around 4:00pm on Friday afternoon and mine was approved the following Tuesday around noon. BCBSIL has a super quick turnover time right now so (probably better because they lifted the SWL requirement for IL, TX, and a couple others...) so regardless of what your surgeons office tells you I would call after a few days. Wishing you a speedy approval!!!

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Four days!

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