Kaiser and Tummy Tucks
Hi Gus!
Okay, so what I've heard from one of the doctors who worked with us in the meetings is that they cover the panniculectomy but not an abdominoplasty. And there's a BIG difference. The Kasier doctor said that sometimes they'll even leave you without a belly button. That they don't cover anything cosmetic, it's just about removing excess skin, and as far as they're concerned, muscle tightening or making it look pretty isn't involved. And homeboy works for them, so I kind of take him for his word. But what I have also heard is that if Kasier covers you for a panni that you could find a plastic surgeon to do the abdomiloplasty and just pay the difference from whatever you owe that the amount of the panni procedure didn't cover. Make sense?
Okay, so what I've heard from one of the doctors who worked with us in the meetings is that they cover the panniculectomy but not an abdominoplasty. And there's a BIG difference. The Kasier doctor said that sometimes they'll even leave you without a belly button. That they don't cover anything cosmetic, it's just about removing excess skin, and as far as they're concerned, muscle tightening or making it look pretty isn't involved. And homeboy works for them, so I kind of take him for his word. But what I have also heard is that if Kasier covers you for a panni that you could find a plastic surgeon to do the abdomiloplasty and just pay the difference from whatever you owe that the amount of the panni procedure didn't cover. Make sense?