Private medical insurance, will it pay for...

[cassa333]

I have private medical insurance through my husbands work and am thinking of having a gastric band.

My local pct doesn't offer this except in very rare cases..

I was just wondering if they give a referal will the private insurance pay for it do you think?

[bednobs]

i would say it's very unlikely. After all if private health insurance covered unecassary surgery, people would get it then have their facelifts, nosejobs etc

[flip_flop]

Cosmetic treatment, and I'd be surprised if a gastric band doesn't come under the banner of cosmetic treatment, is an exclusion.

[sqad617]

No.