Use of insurance AFTER the surgery

[Guest guest]

Well, my current insurance expires 4 weeks after the surgery.

I have a choice of two identical new policies with the only

difference one has preexisting conditions clause and one does not.

Which does not have is 5 times more expensive. Question:

How much did you need your insurance 4 weeks after extensive

(upper/lower) surgery for the surgery related purposes?

Thanks,

Val

[Guest guest]

Ask your surgeon (or the insurance person in the office) how much of

your post-op care is covered in the quotation he gave you. All of

mine was, and I haven't paid a cent since. But I kept on seeing him

for about six months afterward, and had some issues with the cheeks

and scar tissue, for which he was helpful.

C.

> Well, my current insurance expires 4 weeks after the surgery.

> I have a choice of two identical new policies with the only

> difference one has preexisting conditions clause and one does not.

> Which does not have is 5 times more expensive. Question:

> How much did you need your insurance 4 weeks after extensive

> (upper/lower) surgery for the surgery related purposes?

> Thanks,

>

>

> Val

[Guest guest]

No insurance required for surgery, Val, since I'm in Ontario, but I

did have to pay my surgeon about CAD 1,200 for out-of-hospital

visits to his office. I presume that covered the pre and post-op

xrays (he has a machine in his office), and followup visits. He

didn't ever do much other than look in my mouth and say " looks

great " . Once he trimmed my sutures as they were getting pretty long.

> Well, my current insurance expires 4 weeks after the surgery.

> I have a choice of two identical new policies with the only

> difference one has preexisting conditions clause and one does not.

> Which does not have is 5 times more expensive. Question:

> How much did you need your insurance 4 weeks after extensive

> (upper/lower) surgery for the surgery related purposes?

> Thanks,

>

>

> Val