Plastic Surgery (excess skin)
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I would go for it 100%, but it is either buy a house or buy a new body. House wins.
Well done on the huge loss!
Lucky for my my insurance covered both the surgeries and my hospital stays. However, I loose the insurance when I turn 26 in June. You can get it covered if u get a few doctors to say it is medically needed. My first surgery was approved with in days of submitting my paperwork. The second was flat out denied in less then 24hrs and I filed an appeal which went through to my knowledge this is rare for arms/thighs but I had new evidence as in I went to even more doctors for even
That is amazing! Wow. People don't tend to have health insurance in New Zealand as we have a public health system. I think there is a possibility of a modified tummy tuck (apronectomy) on our health system but I am not too sure. I looked at regular tummy tucks and they were in the $15,000-$20,000 range. I'd also need legs, arms and boobs done.
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[/quote] One of my closest friend is in need of the same surgery but he isn't able to have it covered like you did. He was quoted $15,000 [/quote]
There are other options that I considered when I got denied, and before my appeal. One of best I found was senior surgical residents need to complete so many surgeries before allowed to become a doctor. They are a lot of times willing to do the surgery for free and all u have to pay for is the equivalent aka meds and the anesthesia ect. This sounds scary but they have a board certified surgeons watching them and that step in if ever needed. Your friend may be able to bring cost down to 1/3 if he calls few offices and asked about this kind of thing. Never know might get lucky0 -
I would go for it 100%, but it is either buy a house or buy a new body. House wins.
Well done on the huge loss!
Lucky for my my insurance covered both the surgeries and my hospital stays. However, I loose the insurance when I turn 26 in June. You can get it covered if u get a few doctors to say it is medically needed. My first surgery was approved with in days of submitting my paperwork. The second was flat out denied in less then 24hrs and I filed an appeal which went through to my knowledge this is rare for arms/thighs but I had new evidence as in I went to even more doctors for even
That is amazing! Wow. People don't tend to have health insurance in New Zealand as we have a public health system. I think there is a possibility of a modified tummy tuck (apronectomy) on our health system but I am not too sure. I looked at regular tummy tucks and they were in the $15,000-$20,000 range. I'd also need legs, arms and boobs done.
Same in Australia. i cant say i know even one person with health insurance..
A friend of mine had a huge nose, she got it covered by medicare because it was causing her "psychological issues". She also had a good doctor who knew all the ins and outs and also knew exactly what to say and what not to say in the paperwork...
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Asher_Ethan wrote: »
but now shes pregnant again so I'm actually really curious to see what he stomach will look like after.
If that was me I would not have surgery until after I was done having kids. That's like ironing your clothes before you put them in the washing machine.
Unless it was a surprise baby.
Any do people normally wait a year or two before getting surgery so they give their body as much a chance to fix itself as possible?
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Asher_Ethan wrote: »
but now shes pregnant again so I'm actually really curious to see what he stomach will look like after.
If that was me I would not have surgery until after I was done having kids. That's like ironing your clothes before you put them in the washing machine.
Unless it was a surprise baby.
Any do people normally wait a year or two before getting surgery so they give their body as much a chance to fix itself as possible?
I have already lost nearly 150lbs, with 60-70 to go. I plan to wait 18m-2yrs post getting to maintenance before I start looking into surgeries, for a couple reasons. One, I want to let my body adjust and see how much my skin will do on its own (not optimistic). Two, I -need- to know that I can stay down at a normal weight before I commit to the costs: monetary, mental and physical.
If I can, I will need a number of surgeries, primary of which are panniculectomy and abdominoplasty, and likely also brachioplasty and thigh lift.
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Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..0
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In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.0
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Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
Yeah our health care systems are very different. I think the best way to explain it is, everyone here is treated equally in regards to health care, rich or poor.
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Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
No health care is "free" anywhere - it's just a question of how and when it gets paid for.
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Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
No health care is "free" anywhere - it's just a question of how and when it gets paid for.
True... It comes out of the tax payers pockets. But my point is, there is no outlay of cash if you need a procedure done. Other than cosmetic type surgery and the like
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For some reason, some Americans really, really, really hate the idea of equal health care for all.christinev297 wrote: »
Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
Yeah our health care systems are very different. I think the best way to explain it is, everyone here is treated equally in regards to health care, rich or poor.
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For some reason, some Americans really, really, really hate the idea of equal health care for all.christinev297 wrote: »
Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
Yeah our health care systems are very different. I think the best way to explain it is, everyone here is treated equally in regards to health care, rich or poor.
why? I feel so blessed to live in Australia.
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For some reason, some Americans really, really, really hate the idea of equal health care for all.christinev297 wrote: »
Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
Yeah our health care systems are very different. I think the best way to explain it is, everyone here is treated equally in regards to health care, rich or poor.
Some Americans hate the idea of equal anything really. *shrug*0 -
Yup, I wrote my statement wrong.In the US, Medicare is not the same as Medicaid.christinev297 wrote: »Medicare covers both people who work and people who do not work..
Here Medicare is for those 65 and over or if you are younger if you are disabled.
Medicaid is what us workers that pay for, free health care.
No health care is "free" anywhere - it's just a question of how and when it gets paid for.
There are plenty of people here that don't pay for health care. And then there are others that pay for what they get for free through premiums.
There really aren't that many. There are few categories that qualify: elderly, disabled, low income pregnant women and children under the age of 4.
As someone who had to rely on it when pregnant with an 'oopsie' pregnancy, I was very grateful it existed. It was the only health insurance I've been able to have in the last 7 years. My employer still has a grandfathered in 'micro' health plan that doesn't cover hospital visits, specialists, a primary care physician other than one appointment per year or any kind of outpatient. Basically, there isn't a scenario where the micro health plan actually pays for anything. Fortunately, that plan is illegal this upcoming January. My husband's employer separated out into subsidiaries so that each of their companies has under 50 workers, so they don't provide insurance either. Because of my employer having the micro health plan, we cannot get the subsidy for healthcare.gov even though we qualify for it based on income. We paid the penalty this year because there simply wasn't a choice.
Before 2008 when my husband and I both had good jobs, I happily paid taxes knowing that most of that money goes to defense and a small portion goes to helping those in need.
This was the first year in a long time that we didn't qualify for the Earned Income Tax credit. I was perfectly fine not getting that and paying my share. I know even at the lower end of middle class we are still doing a lot better than most people out there.
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Anything that might raise taxes gets an automatic "no" from some people. Some don't want the government any more involved in their lives. Even the option of government "single payer" that might hold down costs for consumers got voted down because the health insurance companies didn't want to lose their cut of the profits so they lobbied and convinced people that it would be bad.christinev297 wrote: »
The thing that really irks me is the argument that we shouldn't have universal health care because there aren't enough doctors to cover everyone if the non-insured get added as patients. Basically, I have mine and you don't matter.
What we've ended up with is a hodge-podge. Everyone over 65 gets Medicare, but they keep messing with that so that medical care isn't fully covered even with Medigap insurance to try to fill in the rest. Low- and no-income people can get Medicaid in some States but only a handful of doctors will accept it so you have long waits and a lot of doctor-hunting. Everyone else has to pay through the nose not only with employment taxes but with health insurance premiums and co-pays and extra costs on top of that.
It's a mess.0
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