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Please if someone from australia, if Tummy Tuck , and the saggy arms, legs, breast can be covered under medicare, if so how??

Please if someone from australia, if tummy tuck , and the saggy arms, legs, breast can be covered under medicare, if so how??

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Maybe if we said our droopy, sad boobies are causing us psychological problems........or causing distress to our significant others....?

Or what if we were knocking ourselves out at the gym on the treadmill with them. That could be very dangerous ya know.:ohmy:

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you may want to check out Chickie and She Smiles.

i know She Smiles posted something on her blog fairly recently.

Thank you will go and check that out now.

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Hi Slimmy,

I am in Brisbane, and had my TT back in August 2006, so hopefully my info isn't too out of date.

I got a referral from my GP to a couple of different surgeons (with the referral Medicare will pay for part of, or all of the consultation with the surgeon, depending on how much they charge)

Met with a couple of different surgeons, settled on my surgeon, called my health fund, found they do cover medically necessary reconstructive tummy tucks (as a side note, not too many Australian private health funds cover reconstructive TT's. It might be worth looking into your level of cover)

I paid my surgeon in full, and submitted all of my receipts to Medicare and my health fund and got quite a large refund (my total out of pocket was about $1800)

Long story short, see your GP and get a referral.

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Hi Slimmy,

I am in Brisbane, and had my TT back in August 2006, so hopefully my info isn't too out of date.

I got a referral from my GP to a couple of different surgeons (with the referral Medicare will pay for part of, or all of the consultation with the surgeon, depending on how much they charge)

Met with a couple of different surgeons, settled on my surgeon, called my health fund, found they do cover medically necessary reconstructive tummy tucks (as a side note, not too many Australian private health funds cover reconstructive TT's. It might be worth looking into your level of cover)

I paid my surgeon in full, and submitted all of my receipts to Medicare and my health fund and got quite a large refund (my total out of pocket was about $1800)

Long story short, see your GP and get a referral.

Oh thank you so much for that info, was getting real concerned $$$$, will talk to doctor down the track, and health fund. thanx xxx

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