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Old 11-01-2015, 08:46 PM
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If you're referring to Dr. Nguyen, Medicare does cover the surgery. If you are Medicare it will require an overnight stay in the hospital. If you are not Medicare (under 65, like me) it can be done in day surgery. Same procedure, it's just that Medicare requires the overnight stay.