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Discouraged

So I found out that my husband's Anthem BCBS PPO Blue Access excludes bariatric surgery. I'm so broke hearted! I know we cannot afford to do this on our own. The office director at my Bariatric surgeon said that there was no way around it. Anyone have any suggestions? I live in Indiana...

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      Shocking that these insurance companies would rather pay for diabetes and all the complications that go with it.

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      My surgeon's office said the Only possible way I had a chance of getting around the exclusion clause is if my insurance is self funded - then I might be able to fight it. We,, it wasn't . Our insura

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      You know during my sleeve venture I found out that many who work at our local hospital are/have had the surgery because after they've worked there for 90 days they have a 250$ deductible for the sleev

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    Good suggestion about the local hospitals here! I hadn't thought of that! I just emailed a friend who is a RN, and she's going to check out some thing for me. I'm really nervous about leaving the country for the procedure. Plus my regular doctor would give me a lot of grief about it.

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    FYI when you self pay for the surgery there is no supervised diet requirement. You just select your date and go from there.

    Good luck to you!

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    I had same ins but it covered wls. After deductibles and out of pocket maximums it ended up costing me 5k+ so maybe mx isn't such a bad idea

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