? Companies that insurance covers Lap / Mo-KS

[Badriyah 0]

I actually had Gastric RNY back in 2001 (Went from 440lbs to 215 and stayed -but never got skin removed yet)

My Husband has decided that he wants to get the lap. We tried last year on his insurance and they do not cover this at all.

I am currently looking to go back to work full time here in the KC MO area and wanted to know if anyone could give me some companies that actually cover it. Even if there is alot of paperwork etc.

He is 450lbs, has been on breathing machine for over 2 years now, and has all the hard core Dr documentations for several medical reasons.

I have retail, corp, tech, and sales background (Sprint/ Verizon etc)

But really , any help on companies to look into would be great.

4 years after I got mine done and paied through insurance (working for Verizon) they stopped covering it all together.

The year before I got married Sprint stopped covering it.- Get this - they said on the HR Benifits call that there were too many deaths and complications to cover this. I know when I got my RNY done death was like a 3% chance. - Oh but then a month later I get my HR SPRINT health newsletter in the mail and right on the cover - Obesity kills hundreds of thousands of people a year... etc. etc.... I just rolled my eyes- so glad they were worried about that 3% :smile2:

Crazy !

Anyway - any help would be appreciated - (I don't see spell check so please grant me some slack on that)

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!

[MacMadame 81]

Starbucks has insurance that covers WLS. I don't know your area so I can't give other companies, but you did say you had retail experience, and that's retail. You're probably over-qualified for them though.

[JaimeSTL 4]

Sears has a nationwide BCBS PPO (Empire) that pays for WLS. My husband is a full time employee with Sears in St. Louis and they paid 80% on my surgery.