US insurance coverage (Dr. Rozbruch)

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Hi all, trying to understand whether any of the surgery costs are going to be covered by insurance.
In Dr. Rozbruch case, I understand his fee isn't covered, but what about the hospital fee?

In ShortLivesMatter's diary, he says insurance paid his entire hospital bill. It looks like that might've been the case for other patients as well. Any idea how? Because based on everything I read so far, LL is considered a cosmetic surgery and won't be covered at all 

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if you have a medical necessity, deformation it would be covered depending how the doctor describes your diagnosis in his report. are you deformed in any way down there?

if you are completely healthy but just short, forget it, time to fork out the 130k

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Quote from: boklecrt on November 06, 2022, 08:32:17 AMif you have a medical necessity, deformation it would be covered depending how the doctor describes your diagnosis in his report. are you deformed in any way down there?

if you are completely healthy but just short, forget it, time to fork out the 130k

Not really, but I saw multiple people here saying their insurance covered the hospital bill. They lied? Pretty sure it was cosmetic...

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If you are extremely short, some insurance companies will cover it for cosmetic reasons.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on November 06, 2022, 06:08:04 PMIf you are extremely short, some insurance companies will cover it for cosmetic reasons.

Yeah, that's kinda what I was hoping for. We'll see...🤞

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Maybe if you are a legitimate dwarf like 4'5.  Otherwise I cant imagine.  My insurance paid nothing for something else I had to deal with which was extremely serious.  The thought they would pay for LL is comical.

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I think the cutoff might be 5'2 for men.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on November 07, 2022, 12:21:38 AMI think the cutoff might be 5'2 for men.

That's based on your experience in this forum? Not a lot of Rozbruch patients here so data is really hard to come by.

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I remember hearing it from someone.  I don't know if it's accurate.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on November 08, 2022, 05:34:58 PMI remember hearing it from someone.  I don't know if it's accurate.

Got it, thanks for sharing either way. My gut feeling is it's quite "case by case", and with a small sample size - hard to generalize.