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Hi! My husband may be changing jobs next month and so our insurance would change. (Both insurances cover wls.) I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this and if it delayed their surgery at all? Thank you.

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13 minutes ago, Jen-ny said:

Hi! My husband may be changing jobs next month and so our insurance would change. (Both insurances cover wls.) I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this and if it delayed their surgery at all? Thank you.

I was in that situation. I started my program in January. My husband changed jobs in June. My surgery is scheduled for August 1. I’m waiting for approval from insurance. I did get a denial last week but only because they were missing paperwork from the surgeon. No issues getting my office visits and tests covered.

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Thank you very much for replying! I’m glad to hear that there was no issues for you, just more paperwork needed. I was really nervous when my husband started looking for a new job! The wait has already felt like a long time, I didn’t want this change to hold things up longer!

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You're welcome. As long as you meet the criteria with the new insurance you should be good. I'm still waiting to hear back from insurance on the pre-auth after they sent the corrected paperwork. My surgery is Aug 9 so I'm getting slightly nervous. I'll let you know if I run into any problems.

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