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Fran Quarles
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summerseeker reacted to a post in a topic:
Urgently need a sleeve to bypass conversion but my new Insurance won’t pay.
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Urgently need a sleeve to bypass conversion but my new Insurance won’t pay.
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I am in the same boat. My surgeon says my hiatal hernia is the largest he has ever seen and is recommending the bypass but I know my insurance covers absolutely no bariatric surgery so I am at a loss.
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So I had gastric sleeve surgery in 2017 and ever since I have had severe GERD. I just went through an upper GI endoscopy and it was found that I have a huge hiatal hernia, like half of my stomach! My surgeon says the only real way to get relief is the have a gastric bypass but my current insurance does not cover any bariatric surgery. Is there a way to get them to pay since the surgery isn’t for weight loss? I have BCBS of Alabama.
