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Post Date: 2/13/09 8:50 am
The following was sent to me by the nurse coordinator at my surgeon's office...I urge you to contact the Governor and your legislators
Hello all,
There is a very dangerous precident that is getting ready to take place.
Gov. Kaine has taken bariatric surgery off the Virginia State Employees benefit plan.
This will go into effect 7/1/09 and can affect ALL of you directly or indirectly.
First, all state employees will no longer have any coverage for bariatric surgery. Our experience has been that when there is no coverage, this means NOTHING related to bariatric surgery will be covered:
complications
hernia surgery
lap banding adjustments
complications related to lap banding
anything that can be attributed to bariatric surgery.
The danger in this is that it can trickle down to Medicaid and other health care plans, including your's.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!
Please contact your legislator, as well as Gov Kaine's office and let them know how bariatric surgery has changed your life!
Specifically, let them know how surgery has improved your health, decreased time off from work due to illness related to your previous obesity, increased production, and made you an overall healthier & more productive employee/citizen.
Encourage them to find other ways to cut the budget. This is not fair or cost-effective and we need to fight to keep them from passing this change.
If you are a state employee, please contact the human resource director as soon as possible to express your concern.
The human resource director for the state does NOT support bariatric surgery, so this has become an easy item for them to 'scratch off their list'.
Again, even if you don't have the state health care plan, this could have far-reaching ramifications on you too, as other employers will likely follow suit and cut bariatric benefits.
Help us do everything we can to protect those who need this life-saving surgery!
Below is a list of some delegates who are being visited today and Monday by some bariatric surgeons/team members.
You should also include your delegate.
Don't let discrimination against the obese continue!
The following was sent to me by the nurse coordinator at my surgeon's office...I urge you to contact the Governor and your legislators
Hello all,
There is a very dangerous precident that is getting ready to take place.
Gov. Kaine has taken bariatric surgery off the Virginia State Employees benefit plan.
This will go into effect 7/1/09 and can affect ALL of you directly or indirectly.
First, all state employees will no longer have any coverage for bariatric surgery. Our experience has been that when there is no coverage, this means NOTHING related to bariatric surgery will be covered:
complications
hernia surgery
lap banding adjustments
complications related to lap banding
anything that can be attributed to bariatric surgery.
The danger in this is that it can trickle down to Medicaid and other health care plans, including your's.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!
Please contact your legislator, as well as Gov Kaine's office and let them know how bariatric surgery has changed your life!
Specifically, let them know how surgery has improved your health, decreased time off from work due to illness related to your previous obesity, increased production, and made you an overall healthier & more productive employee/citizen.
Encourage them to find other ways to cut the budget. This is not fair or cost-effective and we need to fight to keep them from passing this change.
If you are a state employee, please contact the human resource director as soon as possible to express your concern.
The human resource director for the state does NOT support bariatric surgery, so this has become an easy item for them to 'scratch off their list'.
Again, even if you don't have the state health care plan, this could have far-reaching ramifications on you too, as other employers will likely follow suit and cut bariatric benefits.
Help us do everything we can to protect those who need this life-saving surgery!
Below is a list of some delegates who are being visited today and Monday by some bariatric surgeons/team members.
You should also include your delegate.
Don't let discrimination against the obese continue!
Thanks for posting this.
Tammy C
down 260+ pounds and loving life more than ever!!!
proud mom to Kara 12-08-1994 and our newest addition Claire Makenna born 03-26-09 weighing 6 lbs 13 ounces and 19.25 inches long and very healthy. happily dating...i honestly never knew it could be this good! there is that special Guy for everyone out there...either you already have him or you will find him when He is ready for it!
open RNY 04-25-2005
Life could not get any better than this!
Hmmmm, and I am a state employee. I guess I'm lucky I already got my surgery. However, I would never be able to afford an upper GI if I had to pay for it myself.
I guess it's a good thing I'm probably going to be opening my own law practice in September. Then, we can buy whatever kind of insurance we want!
I guess it's a good thing I'm probably going to be opening my own law practice in September. Then, we can buy whatever kind of insurance we want!
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