{"id":3128,"date":"2017-09-12T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/?post_type=page&#038;p=3128"},"modified":"2024-01-17T23:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T04:53:19","slug":"insurance-company-will-not-pay-surgery-payment-plans-available","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/patient-resources\/frequently-asked-questions\/insurance-company-will-not-pay-surgery-payment-plans-available\/","title":{"rendered":"If my insurance company will not pay for the surgery, are payment plans available?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are loan programs available to cover the cost of health expenses such as metabolic and bariatric surgery. Appeals to insurance companies or directly to your employer may reverse a denial of coverage. Metabolic and Bariatric surgery is a health expense that you can deduct from your income tax.<\/p>\n<p>If you are not able to qualify for a loan, the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) produces a helpful guide titled \u201cWorking with Your Insurance Provider \u2013 A Guide to Seeking Weight-loss Surgery.\u201d This guide can help you work with your provider and advocate for your surgery to be covered. You can view the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obesityaction.org\/action-through-advocacy\/access-to-care\/access-to-care-resources\/working-with-your-insurance-provider-a-guide-to-seeking-weight-loss-surgery\/\" title=\"OAC Insurance Guide\" rel=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are loan programs available to cover the cost of health expenses such as metabolic and bariatric surgery. Appeals to insurance companies or directly to your employer may reverse a denial of coverage. Metabolic and Bariatric surgery is a health expense that you can deduct from your income tax. If you are not able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":23975,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27680,"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3128\/revisions\/27680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bariatricsurgerynewjersey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}