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Teresa57

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  1. Paying for the lapband

    Teresa57 replied to Tropicana's topic in Insurance & Financing
    My BMI was 38.8. My ins company didn't recognize high cholestrol as a co-morbidity. I am pre-hypertensive and that doesn't count as well. Strong family history of diabetes, hypertension, heart attacks and strokes and I was denied twice. If you have a BMI of 40 + you don't have to prove any disease related comorbidity. 35 - 40 you have to have at least one. Basically they told me I am a healthy, obese woman. I will be a self pay and will be getting this scheduled in the next wk or so. Hoping for surgery by mid-Sept. Good luck to you, its so frustrating. Teresa57

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