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Old 08-25-2007, 12:50 AM   #1
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Are there any teachers in the Houston area who have had success with United Health Care coverage on their LAP-BAND® surgery? If not how does one afford the $15000-17000 for the surgery? At this point I am desperate.
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Old 09-01-2007, 01:37 PM   #2
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I am a teacher but I do not have UHC. What problems are you having? I dealt with Cigna and encountered lots of hold-ups, but eventually got it covered. Maybe I can help!
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:33 PM   #3
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Did you need to document medically supervised weight loss attempts? How did you finally get them to approve it?
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Yes, I did. I had documentation from 2 different doctors. One from several years ago when I tried Meridia and then over the last 2 years when I had been trying Phentermine. I had the current doctor write a recommendation for me as well as review my records all the way back from my days of taking the Meridia. That, I believe, was very helpful.
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Old 09-05-2007, 08:14 PM   #5
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Iam not a teacher how ever I do have United health Care and My wife and I were approved with in 30 days. They are looking for at least five years of weight loss no order, list of medical problems, all the drugs you are on, list of surgries, and stuff from the doctor.

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Old 09-07-2007, 06:24 PM   #6
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When you talk about the five years of weight loss, do you your doctor supervised various weightloss attempts or documented the weightloss attempts in you medical record? Regarding the stuff from your doctor--are you talking about just your medical chart and history?
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Old 09-10-2007, 12:00 PM   #7
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I took the information from every doctor visit that I had. I also made sure while at the doctor that he put in the file that I was looking at weight loss etc. When the doctor did the letter he stated in there what had been talked about at the differant visits. Now what was sent in to the insurance company Iam not sure on those details. I hope that this will answer your question.

My wife is schedule for the 12th of Sept. and Iam for the 19th. We have both started the liquid diet. The first day was hard but adjusting better today.

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