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Just wondering- and I don't mean the process from first consult to surgery, I mean like after all of your appointments and requirements are done. So when you submit it to insurance showing what you've done, until the day they say they're good to go. I've heard some people say their insurances took up to a month to get back to them, others I've heard about a week. Just curious because mine will likely be during my school break and I want to factor in some recovery time.

My last appointment is 12/4 and I have Affinity (Obamacare, non Medicaid) if anyone knows anything about my specific insurance. Thanks!!

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Mine appears to have been approved in a matter of days. I still hadn't gotten the release from my primary doc when the surgeon's office submitted, mainly to see if there was anything else insurance was going to require. The approval came without the primary's note (which she was happy to give, once we got my new high BP down with meds). The funny thing was, I got a letter from the insurance company the day before they called with approval, saying the request had been made and they'd asked for more info from the surgeon. Then several days after the approval, I got a letter confirming the approval. I think insurance companies need to quit using postal mail, as things have many times changed by the time you get a letter. :)

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Mine took about 1 business day

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Mine was in less than 24 hours once everything was submitted.

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A million years! Or, so it seemed. It was a little over two weeks from the day the office submitted my file to the insurance company.

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