Medi-Cal Acceptance? (For Ptosis)

However, if you are a resident of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Hospitals do accept Medi-Cal. These hospitals are well staffed and have the subspecialty care you need. Although the setting is not posh, you will get excellent medical attention.

Unless it's for health reasons, insurance doesn't usually cover eyelid surgery since it's considered cosmetic. However,you may be able to get it covered if your vision is impaired. This needs confirmation through a vision test.

If your lids are covering your pupils, this would be a covered procedure.  The problem is finding a physician that would accept M-Cal as payment as it can be a challenging procedure to produce perfect results.  If you are patient, you should be able to find a provider to do this corrective procedure for you.

Suggest contacting the nearest medical school department of ophthalmology and ask for a consultation in the ophthalmic plastic surgery department. UCLA and USC have very active ophthalmic plastic surgery programs and you will be wise to see those superspecialists.

If indeed they feel that surgery can help you, they will help make all the arrangements for you.

Don't worry, no one goes without help.

 

Robert Kotler, MD, FACS