insane

so I do benefits for a company, I have an employee that went out on a medical leave of absence for surgery. this is the response I got from our disability group about wether or not this was going to be approved for disability:

"If surgery is for a gastric bypass or lap band, this is considered to be a elective surgery and it will only be approved if the medical insurance deems the surgery as a medical necessity. we need the copy of the letter from the medical insurance that deemed the surgery as a medical necessity"


I had no clue gastric was an elective surgery... I mean it, costs about 30 grand and I would think if anyone is going to mess with your guts (rearranging them) it should be a medical necessity. call me silly. apparently I have been losing weight the hard way.