The other side of the coin

First Terri, big hugs for the courage to post this.

You didn't write that you didn't try, I think a lot of posters are assuming that you didn't say a word.  (now if you didn't, that's another story) :}

Folks need to see what you are saying.  You have a job to do.  Can you afford to lose your job for taking a stand on this??  I sure couldn't...What about the rest of you that are slamming Terri???

{{{{HUGS}}}}

 

 

Thanks so much!! That means alot!

I dont see any slams. What comments are you talking about??   Annette

I was pretty much told I was dishonest and that I do not understand of the plight of the MO.

I know a company that is self insured.  They do cover WLS but you must have worked for the company a year and you have to pay a $5000 deductible.  If you stay with the company for a year after surgery, then you get the $5000 back.

That is GREAT advice and the kind of thing I was hoping to read. That was something we touched on regarding length of time with company and higher co pays. As much as I dislike that, if that is what it would take to get it apporved...

We're self insured, have been for 27 years.  Both my WLS and pannilectomy were covered.  Denied first, when appealed for medical reasons, they were approved. I'd have to quit my job if I couldn't fight with every breath I had for this!  I could never be that kind of person.

I'm not sure you were looking for advice and that is what you seem to be getting.  It seems as if you've already made up your mind and it is not for WLS, it is instead to look good at your job by pointing out how expensive WLS is and how you can save your employer's bottom line.  You have the fat lady quitting her job after her surgery is paid for.  Perhaps she would have stayed if the the job was a better place to work and you hadn't put her in the Overweight-Insurance Abuser category even before she had the surgery.  My insurance changed after I had the surgery and I feel horrible for everyone who goes after me and finds out the surgery is excluded.  Why?  Because someone sat in your chair and decided it was too expensive.

Bravo! 

A quick note before you go back to work on Monday...I was in the process of insurance approval 4 1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with a weight-related cancer.  Had I not had to fight they may have saved the cost of an oncologist, major surgery, big time labs to test lymphnods, etc., radiation therapy, countless hours off work...the list goes on.  AND they ended up paying for my WLS 3 years later.  Yep, they saved a bunch by making me fight for WLS.

 

Kim