How to get insurance to pay bc/bs HMO of Illinois-plastic surgery

I'd like to talk to anyone who has had luck getting blue cross/ blue sheild HMO of Illinois to cover any plastic surgery and how they did it. I'm realizing that I'm being sabotaged by my own doctor because the medical group has to pick up part of the tab when you have an HMO. So it seems they sway me away from EVERYTHING....not just the plastic surgery. I'm going to try and go another route by showing that I have hypothyroidism (which I do) because the AMA's paper that says the reason for having reconstructive could be approved due to disease...and that my weight gain and loss could be due to that (Just some info, I did actually lose the weight recently by diet even though I had the WLS twice back in the 80s). Anyway, I just wanted to talk to others who have delt with that insurance company before or has any other info that might be useful to me. I also do have back problems that are documented and anxiety disorders. thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give.

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