Help! Insurance changing to United Health Care on April 1

[MaureenVA 35]

Unless I pay extra to keep what I have now. Please talk to me about your experience with UHC insurance and Gastric Bypass. My current insurance has a 6mo guided weight loss requirement and, according to my potential new surgeon, that will transfer over to them for UHC approval.

But tell me your experiences? What do I need to know?

[Kichi 9]

I started with Aetna, who required a 3 month plan, but on Jan 1 got switched to UHC. UHC requires a 6 month plan, but the 3 months that I did with Aetna counted toward that. They just want proof that you have been in a supervised diet for 6 months. Other than that, they have been fine to work with, I got my approval last week and I go for surgery on the 17th! Good luck.

[cnjashton 17]

I had the same thing happen on Jan 1st. and I had finished my 6 month visits in Dec....UHC accepted the 6 months I had done with Blue Cross Blue Shield and it all worked out! Only bad part was it's much worse insurance (blame my husband's company picking the plan)

[onmywaytobeingfound 163]

Our uhc provided through my husband's job was excellent! I actually had no requirement of waiting on their part. The program I chose though had a minimum 3 mo. requirement. Which in the end I'm thankful for. In that time I learned a lot about food, nutrition and what my new eating life would look like.

I hope you have a wonderful experience with uhc as I did.

[MaureenVA 35]

This is really motivational! I went to a seminar today with my new surgeon and I'm just GIDDY. Tomorrow I call to schedule my Upper Endoscopy on my 'old' insurance and call UHC to make sure there isn't an employer specific exclusion on the policy. Then I am good to go.