Question:
I live in Louisiana and have been looking into a Hmo offered

by Ochsner Health plan called Total Health One.The only exclusions I can find in this policy is that health services for cosmetic purposes and comestic surgery is not covered.Does anyone have this policy please give me some info...Thanks [email protected]    — wafflegirl (posted on May 22, 2002)

May 22, 2002
Hi. I too live in Louisiana and I have Total Health One. They do cover WLS. In fact, I just had surgery on May 7th. I sent my first letter to them asking for surgery with Dr. Mando and was denied. The reason was that Dr. Mando does open RNY. Ochsner wanted it to be done lap. So they sent me to Mr. Levin in Covington. I was approved on the first letter he sent and had the surgery 3 weeks later. The whole process took 5 months because they want a lot of tests done before they approve the surgery. All in all they are a good ins. company, I've never had any real problems. Good Luck and if you have any questions you can e-mail me. [email protected]
   — Sarah K.