So i had sleeve done last Monday. So far so good. I do get some pain in my chest if i lay flat in a bed (Maybe acid reflux) but if i just prop up my head i am good. But never know if revision may be needed in the future and since i am self pay that could be a problem. here in Florida bariatric surgery is not covered under the affordable care act (obamacare) So i have been doing research on which states do. One in particular is South Dakota. So if i were to say move to South Dakota, establish my residency there and get health insurance thru the affordable care act, Bariatric surgery is covered. one great resource there is a company called America's Mailbox, where you can setup your own residency (in a RV) get a drivers license, south dakota plates ect... Think that will be my backup plan if one day in the future i need a revision which i hope i do not.

Boy that's a lot of planning and hoops to jump through. Hopefully you won't need a revision.

4 hours ago, liveaboard15 said:

So i had sleeve done last Monday. So far so good. I do get some pain in my chest if i lay flat in a bed (Maybe acid reflux) but if i just prop up my head i am good. But never know if revision may be needed in the future and since i am self pay that could be a problem. here in Florida bariatric surgery is not covered under the affordable care act (obamacare) So i have been doing research on which states do. One in particular is South Dakota. So if i were to say move to South Dakota, establish my residency there and get health insurance thru the affordable care act, Bariatric surgery is covered. one great resource there is a company called America's Mailbox, where you can setup your own residency (in a RV) get a drivers license, south dakota plates ect... Think that will be my backup plan if one day in the future i need a revision which i hope i do not.

I can tell you here in Colorado, the Medicaid covers A LOT A LOT A LOT. And you can establish residency almost immediately (my family and I got here Feb 9th 2018, opened up a PO Box for mail, applied for benefits, and got my license all within 10 days of getting here). I'm no longer on any benefits, but I can tell you there isn't anything anyone in the family needed (including my nearly $11k in meds each month for my MS) that they didn't cover.

1 minute ago, Future Sleeve Diva said:

I can tell you here in Colorado, the Medicaid covers A LOT A LOT A LOT. And you can establish residency almost immediately (my family and I got here Feb 9th 2018, opened up a PO Box for mail, applied for benefits, and got my license all within 10 days of getting here). I'm no longer on any benefits, but I can tell you there isn't anything anyone in the family needed (including my nearly $11k in meds each month for my MS) that they didn't cover.

Isnt medicaid tho for people over 65 years old or those with disabilities?

6 minutes ago, liveaboard15 said:

Isnt medicaid tho for people over 65 years old or those with disabilities?

Nope. That's Medicare. Medicaid is different.

Well this just makes me sad. You're in your honeymoon phase with your sleeve and you're already thinking about the possibility of revision. And being self pay, and the steps you'd have to take to get said revision. It shouldn't be this way.

I was curious about The Affordable Care act and what Obamacare covers. So I just looked into it. It covers substance abuse in every state. But only select states cover bariatric surgery. It makes no sense.

I hope the pain in your chest turns out to be nothing, especially not acid reflux and you have a long and happy marriage with your sleeve!