Re: Banding and Private Health Insurance

[Guest guest]

Sillz,

This may be true in the USA....when i applied for hospital cover....all

they ask is name, address...the usual...there is no information required

of height, weight etc.....and may i say....get insurance now....if you

want the op to be paid by private health insurance, you must be a member

for a 12 month qualifying period....that means unless you join and wait 12

months...they will not cover any costs.....check out iselect.com.au that's

where i joined medibank private from....you enter your info in...and it

gives you all the comparative prices for the most suitable health

insurance cover to meet your needs. Let me say that i didnt join until

post-op.....hence had to borrow $10K......wish i had joined up

earlier...as it took me 3 years of thinking about the op before i

eventually decided it was right for me.

http://www.iselect.com.au/enhydra/iSelect/Home.po

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" Sillz "

25/10/2000 11:19

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Subject: Banding and Private Health Insurance

From what I have read and seen on the mailing list, it seems that you can

get the operation done faster if you have private health insurance. I

presently do not have any, but would be interested in getting some if I

decide to have the operation. My main concern is that a private health

insurer would not take me on because of my weight in the first place. Is

this true? Do they accept new applicaitons for heavier people?

S.

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[Guest guest]

> That just does not happen here. There is no weight prejudice in joining

> health cover. I do know that in America that seems to be a problem. I

> seem to recall that you are from America?

I am Australian...I was born and raised there...I have just been in the US

for the past 16 months. I am still an Australian citizen.

I just vaguely remember somethnig back home about not being eligible if you

are obese, but I must have been wrong

[Guest guest]

> http://www.iselect.com.au/enhydra/iSelect/Home.po

Thankyou for showinbg me that site...I will look into it!

Just out of curiosity, what private health insurance does everyone else

have?