Sacramento.. Medi-care/Medi-cal ... Gastric bypass surgeon?

Hello everyone! Frist off I want to give a shout out to everyone who makes a regular habit of stopping in to post, or answer questions posted... God bless you all, you make this a great place !!! Here's my problem I am so frustrated !! OK I have been dreaming of getting WLS for +/- 6 years.. I thought my only obstical was getting medcical insurance. I have had a realy difficult time finding one full-time jobe , instead I spent years temping and working without benifits.. Then I got into a great job with medical and found out they excluded coverage for WLS even if it was found to be medicaly nessesary..... It sounds so crazy to me.. anyway Then I got Lymphadeama in both legs eventual lost my job, and now I'm have Medi-Care as my primary and Medi-Cal secondary... And it's still just as hard to find info on what's covered and if I can get WLS.. I am trying to find a surgeon near Sacramento who works with Medi-Care/-Cal. The office at primary care doctor is giving me a run around its been three months and have done nothing, I have been looking it myself, I found some Surgery Centers but was told that Medicare will cover the Hospital part but not the surgeons cost. The 800 # for medicare is a joke, and forget about calling medi-cal If you not a woman with kids or pregnant they wont give you the the time of day. (honestly no offense to moms or moms to-be) I am wondering I any one help can piont me in the rite direction....

Katherine, I don't know if you realize that you posted this in the September 07 board?