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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 159403" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Janet, nearly all ins co's out there require some sort of 6 months or one year medically supervised program before approving any type of bariatric surgery.</p><p></p><p>It's both to reduce the size of the liver and to insure that the patient is willing/able to handle the lifestyle changes the surgery will require.</p><p></p><p>Medicare WILL cover bariatric surgery if you have sufficient comorbidities, and certainly the arthritis, respiratory difficulties, etc., will count towards that.</p><p></p><p>Basically they are not trying to make you jump through hoops but rather making sure you realize that the surgery is another tool to use towards weight loss as opposed to a magic bullet.</p><p></p><p>hth</p><p>toK (who is battling 40lbs of Zyprexa and Depakote weight gain herself, ugh!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 159403, member: 1963"] Janet, nearly all ins co's out there require some sort of 6 months or one year medically supervised program before approving any type of bariatric surgery. It's both to reduce the size of the liver and to insure that the patient is willing/able to handle the lifestyle changes the surgery will require. Medicare WILL cover bariatric surgery if you have sufficient comorbidities, and certainly the arthritis, respiratory difficulties, etc., will count towards that. Basically they are not trying to make you jump through hoops but rather making sure you realize that the surgery is another tool to use towards weight loss as opposed to a magic bullet. hth toK (who is battling 40lbs of Zyprexa and Depakote weight gain herself, ugh!) [/QUOTE]
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