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Will Medicaid/Medicare will pay for the removal of excess skin? I had gastric sleeve in Feb 2016, and I have already lost 120lbs

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My Dr told me when I got to the weight I wanted my insurance would pay for this excess skin to be removed, I'm trying to no if it did how much out of pocket would I pay?

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