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I know what you are going threw I called every place and it was no,no,no So I was like ok Im disabled and poor so my life isnt worth their saving?// then I found the very best place in the world it is Cori Care in Harvey Il The Dr. is Dr. Wood ,Dr. Johnson and there is one more dont know his name they are all the nicest people in the world I called they said yes they take the medicaid card they had me in for a app. within a week and 2 weeks later I was aproved I never dealt with any insurance at all it was so easy, and within a month of my first visit I was approved and had a surgery date, in fact in about i hour ill be on the rode to harvey for my surgery! Ask for a lady named Anita she is a angel...good luck and check out Dr. Woods page on this site!!keep me posted hope i helped Lisa Michelle

I know what you are going threw I called every place and it was no,no,no So I was like ok Im disabled and poor so my life isnt worth their saving?// then I found the very best place in the world it is Cori Care in Harvey Il The Dr. is Dr. Wood ,Dr. Johnson and there is one more dont know his name they are all the nicest people in the world I called they said yes they take the medicaid card they had me in for a app. within a week and 2 weeks later I was aproved I never dealt with any insurance at all it was so easy, and within a month of my first visit I was approved and had a surgery date, in fact in about i hour ill be on the rode to harvey for my surgery! Ask for a lady named Anita she is a angel...good luck and check out Dr. Woods page on this site!!keep me posted hope i helped Lisa Michelle

Sadona, First of all, relax and breathe. Second, I know what it is like to wait and wait and have to deal with the medicare situation. Medicare is my primary, with medicaid secondary. I, however, had my surgery in Michigan, becuase I lived there at the time I had it. One thing I would suggest doing is search medicare.gov to find surgeons in your area who take medicare. Then, compare them to the list of bariatric surgeons on ObesityHelp. Hopefully, you will find a match somewhere in those lists!I do hope things work out for you. Good luck! And, if you need any help or just want to chat, feel free to email me. Steph

Sadona, I did a cross-check on surgeons on medicare.gov and surgeons on OH. I found some that have not registered on OH, but I believe they have done the surgery. I am not sure which version they have done...RNY or Lap Band, but it would be worth checking them out. Hope that helps! Steph

I know it is kinda far but the surgeon located at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah does take medicare. Ami

Hi, I do appreciate everyones posts, but I have been on thes sights and internet most of the day and yesterday. traveling that far is just not an option because my husband is on homecare and I have to be close by. I only want the band I have ruled out the RYN afte a lot of research. Thanks to everyone

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE !!!!!! Hang In There. Try another center!!! Dr. Sydney Rohrscheib did my Lap Band, on 8/17/04.I would like to get your personal info and talk to Dr. Rohrscheib personally on your behalf. email me at [email protected] & put Bariatric in the re: space, I will open it then. Michelle.

Dr. Shiyani at Loyola accepts it and he did 2 friends of mines Lap Band! He is wonderful from what I heard from them. Charlene