How Does the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) Affect You?
How Does the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) Affect You?
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1. The health care you receive and how you pay for it are critical issues for you if you are an obese patient, a weight loss surgery patient, or a potential patient. How will you be affected when the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) come into effect in 2014?
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This is great for me! I could not afford health insurance before, but with the financial assistance and ban on denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, I will get insurance and may be able to get weight loss surgery for less!1
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Can’t complain! My new plan’s costs and coverage are similar to or better than they were before.12
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It is awful. I loved my plan before, and now have to switch surgeons or primary care doctors to comply with Obamacare.1
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It’s not the best for me personally because my premiums are increasing, but I think it will be good for the country.7
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It is good. Weight loss surgery was not covered under my previous plan, but it will be covered now.3
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I do not know if I like the changes or not. I can keep my doctor and other healthcare providers, but am not sure how the costs and services will change.5
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I do not like it. My premiums and co-pays increased and I am not going to get any benefits from the new system.14
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I don’t know, but I am going to going to find out as soon as possible by calling my employer, going to healthcare.gov or my own state’s health insurance exchange marketplace site, or calling my current insurance provider.1
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Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.· 0 replies
I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL
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Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!· 0 replies
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Looking to connect with others who are also on the journey of better health. Post-Op Gastric Sleeve (4/11/24).· 0 replies
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Happy Wednesday!· 1 reply
I hope everyone is having a lovely week so far!
It's been a bit of a struggle this last week...I'm hungry ALL the time.
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Have a great Wednesday too! Sorry you're hungry all the time, I'm pretty much the same..and I'm sick of eating the same food all the time.
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Well, tomorrow I go in for an impromptu hiatal hernia repair after ending up in the ER over the weekend because I couldn't get food down and water was moving at a trickle... I've been having these symptoms on and off for a few weeks but Sunday was the worst by far and came with chest pain and trouble breathing. The ER PA thinks it is just esophagitis and that the surgeon and radiologist are wrong. But the bariatric surgeon swears it is a hernia, possibly a sliding one based on my symptoms. So he fit me into his schedule this week to repair it! I hope he's right and this sorts it out. He's going to do a scope afterwards to be sure there is nothing wrong with the esophagus. Here's hoping it all goes well!!· 4 replies
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