Originally Posted by
AnnieG
US requirements are different depending on your insurance, which is (in my thinking) a bit arbitrary. I had been as high as 240, but was not in a position with my health to have any more surgeries. I managed to get my weight down to 204, but it dropped me out of the BMI parameter for our insurance. I did have 5 co-morbidities, but even though docs know they are reduced/improved by VGS, insurance looks at cost recoupment, profit or break even. So then they set a very high bar - for me it would have been 1 year of dietary appointments and following diet, exercise, and counseling. So we went self pay because my comorbidites were so bad that they were a larger concern than the money.
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