[CeeCee]

What has been your experience with your health insurance covering your post op complications like strictures, ulcers, etc, if they would not cover your WLS? I paid for the WLS myself, but now I am broke and worried if I do have a complication, I may need to get a 2nd or 3rd job to cover the bills.

[fr1endly2]

(((HUG)))
sorry my insurance paid for the surgery.
and paid when i developed a ulcer
so i cant be of much help
good luck

[Trulykath]

I self paid and LUCKILY (knock on wood) have had ZERO complications...I will have insurance next month, but I still worry that they would consider anything that surfaced associated to this as pre-existing. I just don't know yet!

[Christy0283]

Sorry, I can't help in this area. My insurance paid for my surgery. I was blessed. I wish you the best of luck.

[kimtindall]

I would think that they would pay for it regadless of whether you were self pay or not...give thema call sometime.

[A new me]

sorry but knock on wood I havent had any problems. I would think that they would cover it I would hope. Good luck.

[MsVickie]

If its necessary such as a stricture or ucler or somthing that could be life threating they should pay for it. They wont be looking at it as a complication to surgery. They will just see the code such as a gastric stricture and go from there. That is the way it should be anyways. You have acutally rasied a very good question. Mabye someone else who has had this done self pay and went through this can be of more help but i dont see why they would deny payment.