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  1. mcnee

    Insurance Approval for BPD/DS needed for BMI under 50 how???

    You mention mastering facts... by searching various sites about divorce rates after surgery.. and finally finding some scientific studies on the subject... wasn't I doing just that? yea, I know the 80-85% was BS. That's why I was looking for something that would provide some actual information...
  2. mcnee

    I think this is BS, but ...

    which is part of why I've been trying for awhile now to find something, anything solid to start with in figuring out what the actual number might be.
  3. mcnee

    Insurance Approval for BPD/DS needed for BMI under 50 how???

    yes, I'm confident. But yes, I also realize I don't know everything and am more than willing and open to continue learning if what I believe to be correct turns out not to be so. I don't need an apology, but I also don't need snide comments. If you feel something I share is incorrect, fine...
  4. mcnee

    Insurance Approval for BPD/DS needed for BMI under 50 how???

    well that's great to hear Diana... but isn't there a difference between a policy not covering something and appealing a denial? Either way... glad to know some thing may be able to be done. There may be other changes in the wind as well. A surgeon I work with said something tonight that struck...
  5. mcnee

    Insurance Approval for BPD/DS needed for BMI under 50 how???

    I understand the 50BMI cutoff is arbitrary and that some may not agree with it.. but if that's what her insurance company is saying, if they don't cover it, they don't cover it. There is no appealing. And many insurance policies do not cover the DS. period. It sucks how the insurance companies...
  6. mcnee

    I think this is BS, but ...

    I had recently done some digging into this, because I too did not trust the 80-85% often touted. Best I could find was some research out of Sweden.. I wrote a blog post about it last week... it's still "higher than normal", but not as high as most people seem to think...
  7. mcnee

    Insurance Approval for BPD/DS needed for BMI under 50 how???

    You can have any surgery you want... if you're the one paying for it. Insurance companies, for the moment, are able to put arbitrary restrictions and requirements on the procedure if you want them to pay for it. That said, many (if not most) surgeons would agree that DS should only be done on...
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