@CherokeePride, I have read your post and have to respond because I keep seeing this misinformation on various posts about the Obamacare plan.  #1- I took out a BCBS policy FROM the Healthcare Marketplace, qualified for both the subsidy and the tax credit which GREATLY reduced my monthly premium from over $300.00 a month down to just over $100.00 a month and you definitely should have qualified for that.

#2 - my BCBS policy definitely DOES cover WLS but my percentage of coverage is different from others I have seen posted. 

You need to actually call the companies and would have started by calling the Healthcare Marketplace as you were beginning to start your application.

I wish you would have known this and dug into it further.  Please don't give up hope, keep working at it.

Ofelia, have you had your surgery yet?  If not, are you still going with the Band?

I bought a plan on the Healthcare Marketplace, made sure it covered WLS and it covers 50%.  Not as much as I want but they DO cover it.  But I also called BCBS before purchasing a plan to make sure it would be covered.  This is in Michigan, would they deny in some states and not others just because it is from the Marketplace?

I realize all policies are different but with regards to your post, I have BCBS and in asking if they cover the sleeve, found out that they do not cover the sleeve but they DO cover the "Longitudinal Sleeve Gastrectomy".  I double checked to be sure we were talking about the same thing  with the agent and then got the definition online.  The Longitudinal Sleeve IS the Vertical Sleeve.

Longitude + up and down = vertical.

Good Luck!

I too am hoping for revision and my apt is next week to meet the surgeon.  I have BC/BS and my policy is online also.  However, the only thing that is said about bariatric surgery is that they will only cover 50% IF the revision is medically necessary.  They will also cover 50% to take down the lap band.  I guess I will call them and see what they say.