Dear Forum, A year ago I had my second ablation with Dr. Natale after ten years of being afib free. Now after a year of being on Eloquis I am feeling anxious! I am 58 years old and I do not want to be on Eloquis forever. I would like to have the watchman. I am an active healthy person who loves outdoor sports! When will insurance companies cover this procedure for everyone? Best, Pamela https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159017#msg-159017 Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:59:02 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159078#msg-159078 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159078#msg-159078 Thanks for the encouraging information! I am looking into the future of getting the watchman rather than looking at a lifetime of blood thinners.
Best, Pamela]]> pammorgan AFIBBERS FORUM Wed, 08 Nov 2017 23:23:29 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159049#msg-159049 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159049#msg-159049
When you have had LAA isolation, as you did, it is generally easier to get insurance approval even now from an increasing number of generally larger insurance companies. As new wave of upcoming Watchman/Amulet studies come out over the course of 2018 and the following two to three years, you can expect the doors to open a good deal wider making LAAC an increasingly more accepted alternative to life long blood thinners for those patients who can most benefit from mechanical LAA closure which definitely will include folks with LAA isolation.

Cheers!

Shannon]]> Shannon AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:38:33 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159040#msg-159040 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159040#msg-159040
How insane is it that American health care is dictated by for-profit companies that have a vested interest in denying everything they can?]]> Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 06 Nov 2017 04:34:22 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159017#msg-159017 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,159017,159017#msg-159017 A year ago I had my second ablation with Dr. Natale after ten years of being afib free. Now after a year of being on Eloquis I am feeling anxious! I am 58 years old and I do not want to be on Eloquis forever. I would like to have the watchman. I am an active healthy person who loves outdoor sports! When will insurance companies cover this procedure for everyone?
Best,
Pamela]]> pammorgan AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 05 Nov 2017 01:25:02 +0000