Thanks Lisa C for responding to my question,

I left out a few things, when I was in my panic mode. I have been covered by Cobra since October of last year. It is so expensive that I was not able to make my payment last month. As soon as you have a payment lapse, they will not reinstate your benefits.  I heard something about Medicaid for low income families and I am going to apply to see if I can get coverage through them. I was checking out different insurance companies to see who would cover this surgery (besides Anthem bc/bs which I had).

Thanks again for the response, hopefully I will have a resolution soon and get back on track.

Very interesting and true!

Hello I am new to this site and at the moment I am very stressed out. I will be losing my health insurance in the next few days and don't know what to do. I have been out of work on worker's comp and was returned to part-time work two weeks ago. When my employer got the work release they said that they did not have a job available for me. I have been paying for my own health insurance since October 2010 because my employer elected not to cover my health insurance benefits any longer. So here I am with no income for the time being. I have applied for unemployment, however I do not have a hearing date scheduled until the end of next week. I will need to get new health insurance but I am not sure of which other health insurance companies will cover gastric bypass surgery.

I am on the last leg of my journey to obtain gastric bypass surgery. My doctor requires a fast & weight loss prior to surgery. I have 10lbs to go (total 40lb that I had to loose). Now I am in panic mode because I know that I should have the 10 lbs off soon but now I have to find health insurance coverage.

I am single, no kids so I am not sure if/how State Insurance coverage would work for me.

Any suggestions/answers would be greatly appreciated.

Julie,
First of all congrats on getting back on track.  I had a lap RNY w/Dr. Bell at Yale in 2004, and am happy to say I am still at my lowest weight.  However, I have had times where I gained some weight and needed to get my butt back in the gym and back on task.

Call Dr. Bell's office and see if they will take your insurance.  He is an excellent doctor.  I'm concerned about a doctor that is NOT listed on this site, especially if you have had medical issues related to your first surgery.  Dr. Bell does revision surgery (not for his patients because he likes us to not use that as a back up to falling off the wagon so to speak).  He follows his patients forever, which is something that not all doctors do.

Good luck!

JA (Lap RNY 7/2004 - 90 lbs)
PS Dr. Bell's support group meets at Temple Medical the first Tuesday of every month.

Not sure if this helps but Hartford Hosp has a support group that is really good. Dr tishler and his group run it.It is usally the 3rd Tues of the month.