Is there an insurance company in Texas that will cover lap band surgery?
Although I am not 100% positive, from what I understand it is highly likely any insurance company will cover that surgery but there are some requirements that will have to be met first. These requirements are probably nearly the same with any health insurance company that may be available. The first qualification is you will have to be diagnosed as morbidly obese. This means a doctor will have to examine you and, given your height, weight, and % of body fat (and possibly more), calculate that you are in danger of shortening your life, significantly. You will have to be more than a few pounds over your ideal weight. You will also have to exhausted all other diet options available and have it documented that you did try everything prescribed to you by a physician. You will have to try changing your diet, lifestyle, exercise habits (or at least try exercising first), and possibly other major life altering habits. It will need to be proven that did try everything and were not able to recei
