Finding private insurance after lapband

dle204 · October 20, 2009

Hi all

One year out on my band and doing great. Unfortunate my wife and I both got laidoff in March. We are frantically searching for private health insurance.

I have heard everything from they will not cover me at all... won't even accept the application! To a lifetime exclusion on the band and anything that goes with it... fills, slips, erosion. I found one company that will write a one year exclusion on the band and I started the paperwork for them. The alternative is COBRA which is three weeks of my unemployment check per month.

Has anyone else had any success getting private health insurance and who did you go thru? Any help would be appreciated!

Winegoddesstx · November 2, 2010

Hi dle204 - did you ever find more info or get new coverage? I left my old job to start a new business and have been paying COBRA, but need to find private coverage soon. I was distressed to find out Blue Cross Texas won't cover me at all due to my lap band - even though I am 2+years post op! I can't believe this topic has not come up more in the forums - unless I'm just not looking in the right places?

Cheers!