body lift , Medicare and Medicaid
They probably will if it's medically necessary.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I would think that they, like most other (non-taxpayer funded) insurance policies will only cover removal of the pannus (the apron of skin on the lower belly), not a full body lift. I cannot imagine having enough skin all the way around your body to have enough trouble with rashes such that a full body lift would be medically necessary. I have never heard of that, anyway.
Even my insurance covered ony the panniculecmy, and didn't cover an arm lift despite medical records and photographic evidence that I was nicking the skin in my armpit when shaving all that extra, crepe-like skim, and the nicks were occasionally getting infected (in addition to rashes in the arm pit).
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
I know I will have a lot of loose skin and I mean a lot with my height and weight so I just wanted to know if Medicare and Medicaid pay for it if it is medically necessary. I will have rashes everywhere.
I find it a little concerning that you are already planning on having rashes everywhere. Plan on NOT having rashes and you might be very surprised on how well you do. I am down over 145 lbs and have not had a single rash.
HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!
