Re: Likelyhood of insurance covering breast reduction
From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:08:30 -0500 (CDT)
Audrina,
Not a doc but I am sorry to tell you that unless the surgery is for a
medical reason insurance isn't going to cover it. A medical reason
would be something like a back problem. It is considered cosmetic
surgery. I'm sorry you are going through this.
At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Audrina wrote:
>
>i am 18 years old, and i have a size 32D to 32DD breasts, they are
>severly uncomfertable, i just graduated highschool, and throughout all
>gym classes, i could never run very well due the fact my breasts would
>begin to hurt, i am a swimmer, yet it is hard for my to find team suits
>to fit me because of their size, i usually cannot find bras to fit
>besides sports bras and they become severly uncomfertable, plus its hard
>to find a regular 2 piece suit to fit me, and its even hard to find
>shirts alot of the time as well, usually a med or large would fit
>perfectly fine, but wont fit over my breasts, i love being active, but i
>tend to get pain in my breasts when running and even sometimes
>walking... recently i have been thinking alot more about breast
>reduction, and i tried some searches on here to read other stories and i
>didnt turn up much of anything, and really i wanted to know the
>likelyhood that i choose to go ahead with this reduction, i certainly
>cant afford about 30,000-50,000 dollars on this, but having it done
>personally seems as though it would help me both physically and
>emotionally, so how do i go about finding out if insurance will cover
>these expenses? because i would want to do this sooner in life than
>later, but if need be i will start saving and saving until i can afford
>it, thats how much i feel i need this, however the insurance would help,
>so how am i to find out if it will cover this? or even find out if i
>really am within medical reasonings of getting this done?...
>sorry for the long drawn out question...
>
>--
>thanks in advance for you answers...
>~Audrina Adell
>
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Renee
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