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Rosebunse t1_iylcx6c wrote

Reply to comment by Xist3nce in The TikTok Trend That Triggered a Diabetes Drug Shortage by SimpleDumbIdiot

I'm sorry you're going through this, but gastric bypass Islamorada surgery and is only meant to be given to the very, very morbidly obese. It is not just to "lose a few pounds."

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Xist3nce t1_iylg7gx wrote

I’m not a medical provider, but I did speak with MANY who did “recommend” it for their 200lbs patients. Generally to be considered insurance wise it was BMI 35 with comorbidity or BMI 40+. So 9/10 I was just having to deny peoples claims for this. I handled far too many of them, also a decent amount of them OOC ie out of country/medical tourism. I didn’t know people were so casual with surgeries until working there.

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