Desperate for Help - Digest 1926

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>>Yes. You have to find out what their criteria is that they use to

>>establish that the surgery is medically necessary.

The criteria is......having hypertension for example.

>>The packet that was sent to them is MISSING something -- one or more

>>things. It could be something like they require a psychological

>>evaluation, or proof that you have been on medically supervised diets in

>>the past.

They have all that information.

>>Don't go off on a tangent sending them all sorts of nonsense they didn't

>>ask for and don't need and don't send them your life story.

I just stuck to the reason I was making the appeal for.

>>But ask. Demand to know what was missing. Get that. Send it in.

I just can't create health problems that I don't have at this point in my

life. I guess they don't consider obesity as being a health problem. I

may not have hypertension right now. I am SURE that I will get it sometime

in the near future.

>>Before you send it, get the name, department, and phone number of a

>>person to send it to and the correct mailing address. Mail it to that

>>person, by name and department, and by certified mail.

I have already done this.

>>Also get a fax number. Fax it to them with a COVER PAGE that is

>>specifically addressed to the person who's name and department and phone

>>number you got.

I have already done this.