Question:
affordable health insurance?

after having weight loss surgery i changed employment to a job that does not offer insurance benefits.. I have not been able to find health care since and I am very frustrated and worried about simple preventive health maintenance so I ask the question: where can I find individual health insurance that will accept you if you've had gastric bypass surgery?    — derricklovesu (posted on December 3, 2007)

December 4, 2007
Sounds exactly like my story. I quit a fed job with excellent insurance and could only get a bcbs (AZ) plan that excluded any coverage for my RNY surgery. I never had any complications but it was hard thinking that any problems would be 100% out of pocket. I paid about $600/ mo for my family of 4 and the coverage pretty much sucked, high co-pays etc. After a year, I decided that the fed insurance was enough to put up with the crap at work and went back to work. I pay next to nothing compared to my BCBS plan and my whole family is covered from head to toe.
   — mrwolnik