HELLO EVERYONE I HAVE JUST STARTED MY JOURNEY AND ITS BEEN OK SO FAR:rolleyes2:. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION I AM FROM THE BRONX AND I HAVE 1199 FOR INSURANCE. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY ONE IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE HOSPITAL I MUST KEEP ON TOP OF THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SLOW. ALSO I AM GOING FOR MY PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND MY NUTRITION EVALUATION AND I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. I DONT MIND BUT DOES ANY ONE KNOW HOW MUCH? IF ALL GOES WELL I COULD BE BANDED BY THANKSGIVING AND I WOULD GIVE THANKS:thumbup:

Hi! I don't know anything about your insurance, but I did want to welcome you to the forum and wish you luck. Keep us posted on your progress!

I have 1199, the national benefit fund version. They have been good so far with approving my sleep study and the initial consults etc. Ofcourse they require 6 months of supervised dieting. If 1 appointment is missed or it's longer than 30 days between appts. I was told they make you start the 6 month timeframe over.

I go to a Dr. that has a nutrition eval & dietician included so I only have the psych eval. out of pocket.

I'm hoping for my surgery around Thanksgiving too. It will be my 40th BD so I'm anxious to get on with the new me!

Best of luck on your journey!