Hello everyone!

I have started my path to bariactric surgery at BELLEVUE HOSPITAL in NYC.

I attended the seminar, saw the surgeon which gave me the green light due to my BMI (5´1 - 220 pounds = 41), I choose the sleeve gastric, had EKG, X rays and Esophagram done today but found out I´m not alound to go thru self pay (as over 5 friends of mine did) before applying for health insurance - and they told me to choose Fidelis or MetroPlus because this 2 won´t make you weight in for months before surgery to make sure you can´t lose weight any other way..

I´m so lost , wanted to know if anyone else has MetroPlus and how is their approval process.

All my friends have used their foreing passport, so they were not required to have health insurance and are paying like $150 bucks for the surgery due to their low income! I was so set for that and now have to deal with all this insurance stuff that Im not even sure how it works... #frustrated.

Metropolis and fidelis is follow income folks in NYC. So perhaps you're missing something in the explanation somewhere?

Your friends did not get surgery for $150 without someone paying the surgeon the balance