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So due to my current health insurance denying me because there wasn't an medical clearance letter included in my insurance packet and my insurance is changing to tufts on January 1 I was wondering if anyone had experience with tufts health plan ?

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Tufts approved my surgery but it was a 6 month waiting period. 1 month to submit (started April 1st with my PHP submission to Tufts) another 3 - 4 weeks before the mandatory 6 month counseling phone calls started. 4/29 was my first available phone call with the "I Can Change Program" then once you reach the last phone call it takes a few days for the approval to go through. My last call was on 10/29 and my surgery date was 11/12 (I booked in Sept with my bariatric surgeon). I wanted to heal before the snow fell to shovel here in the northeast - and so far no accumulating snow since before Thanksgiving. I should be in the clear to lift after I go for my post-op follow-up visit next week.

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I had Tufts back in 2008 when I had the lapband After the 6 months they require it was approved and it was smooth sailing. They were great!

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