Weight Loss Surgery (WLS) Denied by Insurance Carrier?

Has anyone, whose physician recommended WLS, been denied by their insurance carrier?

If so, did you fight it or appeal it? What was the outcome?

its usually considered cosmetic insurance company thinks you should just have the ability to diet no insurance claim there

My insurance states in the rules that it will not cover it. I can only imagine they would approve if it was a life saving reason.
Good luck.

our insurance policy just changed. it cancelled the gastric bypass surgery too.

Weight loss surgery-like gastric bypass /lap band surgery / stomach stapling and Gastrectomy have become very common and very safe now. My cousin got her Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery in India. She has lost more than 65 lbs in 5 months and is very happy with the results. The price for obesity surgery is very less in India. My cousin just paid 25% of the cost she was quoted in America. She got her surgery from a company called Forerunners Healthcare.

Forerunners Healthcare is very famous in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines. I have read a lot of their patient stories also. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as Bariatric surgery and weight loss surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that your Obesity surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.

http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com
Hope this helps