I'm on Ohio Medicaid and they turned me down basically saying that although I had a bunch of obesity related medical conditions, they can be controlled with medication so surgery is not covered. Even though the surgeons office told me that they had got an approval for a man through Ohio medicaid after they sent my case in... although as she said he was quite larger. All I can say is I'm mad and I'm tired of taking these damn pills in the first place... what do they want me to be half dead before they approve me? They've only given me a week to prepare for this so I hope I can get a positive outcome.

:biggrin: They ended up canceling my appointment, while I was there in the waiting room and then sent me a letter stating I didn't show up. After various phone calls I never received anything from them... the only reason I got approved for surgery is because I found out I qualified for Medicare.

Good luck with your upcoming surgery.