Medicare

(deactivated member)
on 3/30/09 7:50 am

I just found this board a few days ago and have been searching for information on Medicare.  I will be 65 in June and want to know if Medicare covers the VSG?  Or do I need to expedite this to happen before June 1?

Did Medicare give you a hard time?

marylyn
on 3/30/09 10:18 am

I CAN TELL YOU MY MEDICARE WOULD NOT PAID.BUT SOMETIMES I THINK ITS WHERE YOU LIVE.CALL THEM AND ASK THEM.THEN IF THE DR PUSH THEM HE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

HAVE A BLESS NIGHT


MARYLYN



    
(deactivated member)
on 3/30/09 10:28 am
Thank you so much for your reply.  It does not make sense to me that Medicare would be different depending on what part of the country you resided in.  Is it not a National program?

I guess I'm off to Mexico.
marylyn
on 4/2/09 11:27 am
it makes since medicare will paid for some and would not pay for my.it also seem that everyone i know does not live in ga.that they had pay for.if they did i havent heard of any.that why i thought it does.

marylyn


    
Brenda R.
on 3/30/09 10:37 am - Portage, IN
Medicare has some different hoops to jump through I think. It also depends on the co-mirbidities too I think. But since I am not on Medicare I am not the one that really knows. I do know that there are ones on here that Medicare did cover I beleive.

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Pat R.
on 3/30/09 11:48 am - Sturgis, MI
Medicare has strict guidelines....but if you meet all their requirements,
i.e., over 100 lbs overweight, bmi over 40, and co-morbidities....you are automatically covered......HOWEVER, at the time I had my surgery in
Aug. 2007 - they only covered lap band and RNY.....that may have changed since, your surgeon will know.

It doesn't depend on where you live.....it's a government insurance for everyone over 65.

Pat R.

 
 


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