Hi, this is my first post:) My employer is a health insurance company that started covering vsg for employees only. Upon completion of a 6 month nutrition program participants can get the surgery covered. I finally decided to join the program and to my surprise there is a waiting list of over 150 people now. The program will only allow 10 people to join per month so i could potentially be waiting a year or longer to even start the program. Locally vsg would cost me $15K selfpay. My husbands insurance is Anthem BCBS (of which i am not covered). Tomorrow i will call and see if bariatric is covered. Open enrollment is soon so if so i will get coverage depending on if i have a waiting period after new enrollment. My last option is Mexico. Can anyone weighin on their experience with Belite, Alighterme, etc. Thx!

I had surgery with Dr. Alejandro Lopez in Puerto Vallarta (Specialized Bariatrics) on August 13th. He and his team were wonderful, the hospital was maybe the cleanest building I've ever seen. The nurses were super attentive. The hotel was beautiful. The aftercare was great. The past 3 1/2 weeks have gone pretty much "text book" for me. I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Lopez.

Good for you! I will definitely look in to Specialized Bariatrics. Thanks so much for your help.

I had my surgery with Dr. Ariel Ortiz and Dr. Martinez at Obesity Control Center. I can't say enough good things about them....credentials, experience and complication rates are outstanding, surgery is at their private hospital, and you get personal attention including great post op communication from their followup doctors. You book and deal directly with them, not a third party Medical Tourism company. Check out the thread "Dr. Ariel Ortiz and Obesity Control Center" on the self pay/Mexico surgery forum. It's very long, but has detailed posts from dozens of OCC patients. Or feel free to PM me if you'd like more info.

Good luck!

Awesome!!! I will get right on it.... thx