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MissMelo
LAP-BAND Patients
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Bump!!!!!!
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Guys, Thank You so much for the advice! I have an app with my surgeon on the 17th, I am going to see what he can do for me. I still think it will be a long shot to have the surgery before 1/1/11, but I'm hoping he can help me out in this situation. My human resource department said that while we are switching from oxford to cigna, that the benefits would not be changing. So if oxford would approve it, cigna should approve it. So what would prompt cigna to tell me that it is not a covered benefit? I knew all of this was too good to be true.
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My employer will be changing from our current insurance, oxford, to a new insurance company, cigna. What the hell am I gonna do! I had no problems with oxford covering the LAP-BAND®, but cigna is saying that they do not cover the surgery! I cannot have my surgery done before my insurance changes because I still have a few more pre op appointments. It is not listed as an exclusion with cigna, but they do have an exclusion for weight loss programs and the rep was saying that this would be classified as a weight loss program!!! That does not make any sense! What should I do guys! This is the worst timing ever! Please HELP!!!
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My employer will be changing from our current insurance, oxford, to a new insurance company, cigna. What the hell am I gonna do! I had no problems with oxford covering the lap band, but cigna is saying that they do not cover the surgery! I cannot have my surgery done before my insurance changes because I still have a few more pre op appointments. It is not listed as an exclusion with cigna, but they do have an exclusion for weight loss programs and the rep was saying that this would be classified as a weight loss program!!!:eek: That does not make any sense! What should I do guys! This is the worst timing ever! Please HELP!!!
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These are the pics that I have at my current weight of 275.
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Hello Everyone! I am new and I have my consultation scheduled on 10/15, I already got my referral from my pcp, so I am still very much in the beginning stages. My question is for those of you that have lost over 100lbs, did any of you get alot of excess skin because I heard that the younger you are when you lose weight the less excess skin you'll have. I'm 24 and that has to be the thing that scares me the most other than the actual surgery because plastic surgery is a hell of alot of money..lol. Thanks!
