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09-01-2006, 04:58 PM
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Anyone had any success with Canadian insurance helping with LAP-BAND® costs?
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09-02-2006, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 28
Posts: 2,307
State: Nova Scotia |
Nope.... I don't think anyone does/has. You're pretty much on your own with this.
Just think... if you eat $133.33 less in food a month, over 10 years, the band will have paid for itself!! LOL
You'll also likely live longer, from losing *any* weight, even if not all that you want to.
Smaller clothes are cheaper than plus-sizes (any one else agree?). But then again, once you can wear whatever you want, you could go nuts and buy more clothes than ever before!
:)
Mandi
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09-02-2006, 11:13 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 43
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State: Ontario, Canada |
Thats a good way to put it Mandi, Did you figure that out all by yourself?
__________________ CLOE Banded-May 26/06-Dr. Cobourn 5 fills totaling 2.5cc in a 4cc band starting bmi 57.7-current bmi 41.8 | |
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09-02-2006, 11:18 AM
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#4 | May the Band be With You!
Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 43
Posts: 2,445
City: Somewhere in Ontario State: Ontario (CANADA!) |
No, she had Dan and a calculator!
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09-02-2006, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 28
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Psssh... Dan is not one to go to for math help!
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09-02-2006, 05:09 PM
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#6 | May the Band be With You!
Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 43
Posts: 2,445
City: Somewhere in Ontario State: Ontario (CANADA!) |
why? doesn't he have 10 toes and 10 fingers?
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09-02-2006, 06:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 43
Posts: 1,586
State: Ontario, Canada |
LOL.. how did poor Dan get dragged into our shananagans anyway.
Oh ya.................YODA!!
__________________ CLOE Banded-May 26/06-Dr. Cobourn 5 fills totaling 2.5cc in a 4cc band starting bmi 57.7-current bmi 41.8 | |
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09-02-2006, 11:01 PM
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#8 | May the Band be With You!
Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 43
Posts: 2,445
City: Somewhere in Ontario State: Ontario (CANADA!) |
Poor Dan!!! If he only knew!!!
First she brings him a cookie from TO as a pressie then she gets up in the middle of the night and eats his icecream!!!!
(ooops, did I say that out loud?)
*giggles*.....don't worry Mandi, we've likely all done it....if not icecream, somethin' else!! (chip dip for me!).
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09-02-2006, 11:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 28
Posts: 2,307
State: Nova Scotia |
remember... it was actually a moncton cookie! I just told him it was from TO! LOL And, btw, the ice cream incident was before the cookie incident. I haven't comfortably eaten icecream SINCE my fill! (but I've tried, a couple times!)
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09-06-2006, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2006 Age: 40
Posts: 77
City: Burnaby State: BC |
Pacific Blue Cross just denied my claim :-(
Marie
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Weight loss ----> 283 / 220 / 130
Surgery ----> July 28/06 by Dr Leung in Surrey, BC, Canada
First fill ----> Aug 31/06 (1.5 cc in 4 cc band)
Second fill ----> Oct 12/06 (2.6 cc in 4 cc band)
Third fill ----> Nov 21/06 (3.0 cc in 4 cc band)
Fourth fill ----> Apr 12/07 (3.2 cc in 4 cc band)
Fifth fill ----> Jul 6/07 (3.7 cc in 4 cc band)
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09-06-2006, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 28
Posts: 2,307
State: Nova Scotia |
Keep harassing them! Do they say anywhere that they exclude coverage for it?
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09-07-2006, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2006 Age: 31
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City: coombs/parksville State: BC canada | Quote: |
Originally Posted by giblert Pacific Blue Cross just denied my claim :-(
Marie | Was that the claim to have the band paid for or the fills ? Im wondering if they will even pay for the fills......wtf does blue cross pay for ???!!!!....LOL not a heck of a lot in my opinion
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Monterrey Mexico
dr. javier de la Garza
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09-07-2006, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2006 Age: 40
Posts: 77
City: Burnaby State: BC |
I was hoping that at the very least Blue Cross would pay for my hospital stay. But they denied it all ($13,000). Fills are included in my provincial medical plan (or something like that) so they don't cost anything.
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Originally Posted by ragergirl Was that the claim to have the band paid for or the fills ? Im wondering if they will even pay for the fills......wtf does blue cross pay for ???!!!!....LOL not a heck of a lot in my opinion |
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Weight loss ----> 283 / 220 / 130
Surgery ----> July 28/06 by Dr Leung in Surrey, BC, Canada
First fill ----> Aug 31/06 (1.5 cc in 4 cc band)
Second fill ----> Oct 12/06 (2.6 cc in 4 cc band)
Third fill ----> Nov 21/06 (3.0 cc in 4 cc band)
Fourth fill ----> Apr 12/07 (3.2 cc in 4 cc band)
Fifth fill ----> Jul 6/07 (3.7 cc in 4 cc band)
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09-16-2006, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 36
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Welp I'm in Calgary. Right now AB health care is covering it. The Drs here are only doing 25 bands this year because it's their first year but Dr Mitchell said they are covered right now.
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