WLS prevents you from getting health insurance ???

My neice got a bypass many years ago, now says she cannot get a personal health insurance policy as it's an automatic exclusion.

She has to work somewhere she can get on a group plan.  She cannot get an individual plan.

I am self employed, so I can't get a group plan.  If this is true, I'll lose my health insurance. 

Can anyone comment on this?

 Did you ever get an answer about whether you'd be excluded from individual health care insurance after gastric bypass?

Yes, I called two Ins companies.  One will call me back.  The one that did answer said that it IS an exclusion and will prevent them from writing you.

However, if you already have a policy they cannot cancel you, so you can keep it.

The other option is to get into one of the high-risk pools being set up as part of the health care reform. They are specifically for people who cannot get private insurance due to pre-existing conditions.

My understanding is that taking medicine for practically anything will get you either excluded from an individual plan or jack the rates so high you can't possibly afford it: allergies, migraines, high blood pressure, depression, etc.

 As of today I believe it is illegal for insurance companies to deny based on pre existing conditions ...

I'm 99.9% sure that's not correct.  And honestly, it should be that way.  If they made a law saying they HAD to insure you no matter what, no one would get health insurance until they got sick.