Need help getting health insurance in NC.

FatTony704
on 8/10/09 4:39 am

Needless to say I can't get health insurance because of my BMI (6' 400lbs). I've explored every weight loss method and have come down to surgery. I was always afraid of death on the operating table, now it's kind of a screw it mood I am in. Either way I'm going to die, might as well go out fighting.

Is there anywhere I can get health insurance in North Carolina with a monsterous BMI?

My credit stinks, so can't do payments.

Need help, please.

Jennifer K.
on 8/10/09 5:23 am - Phoenix , AZ

RNY on 06/20/06

Sorry to say that most individual plans do not cover WLS... for employers its an 'extra' they add. I looked at an invidual plan w/BCBS and theirs all excluded WLS.

First visit to surgeon - 288 ~ bmi 45.1
2 week pre-op 252 ~ bmi 39.5
Total lost - 153 Since surgery - 117!
Goal weight - 155 (mine) 180 (surgeons)
Current weight - 135 (2020 I lost 10lbs due to dedicating myself to working out more and being in better shape)

1/14/2025 still maintaining 135 :-)

Extended TT, lipo, fat injections - 11/2011

BA/BL/Arm Lift - 7/2014

Scar revision on arms - 3/2015

HALO laser on arms/neck 9/2016

Thigh Lift 10/2020

Thigh Lift revision 10/2021

Anniep59
on 8/10/09 9:28 am - Pittsboro, NC

RNY on 08/01/07

Tony,
I understand that fear of OR.
Look into Voc rehab they will cover the surgery but you will have to meet all the requirments like 8 month supervised diet ect.. there is light at the end of the tunnel.
NEVER GIVE UP!!!!
Annie

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.?

www.youravon.com/annieadams

FatTony704
on 8/11/09 12:50 am

"Look into Voc rehab" I know I sound tarded, but what is Voc Rehab and where do I go to start it.

I've been fighting this for over 20 years (I'm 40 now) and I realize that I can't win.