Our 8 yr old has been on EleCare/hypoallergenic formula since he was 9 months old. His first 3 years of life, he went from no safe ...
Our Family Story:
During the spring and summer 2019, we struggled to understand what our 10-month-old son’s, Nolan, medical ...
As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I take care of children with diseases of the digestive tract. Medical nutrition is often the treatment of choice for these conditions. Insurance denial is particularly frustrating in the case of a motivated child who intends to consume the prescribed nutrition by mouth but is told that he/she would require a feeding tube to have this therapy covered by insurance.
As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I take care of children with diseases of the digestive tract. Medical nutrition is often the ...
Our family is currently affected by having to pay out-of-pocket for medically necessary formula (Elecare, Jr) for our now 7-year-old ...
Medical Foods Coverage would greatly reduce our out of pocket cost especially at daycare, having to provide her formula for the next year will be hundreds to thousands of dollars.
Medical Foods Coverage would greatly reduce our out of pocket cost especially at daycare, having to provide her formula for the next ...
I have two daughters, three years and almost one month. We didn’t have a diagnosis for my oldest for 15 months. Her leg broke ...
I am a full time lawyer working 60-70 hour weeks with two little children at home (3 yo and 12 months). I travel for work and often ...
This is Lillian. She is almost 3 and still drinks formula because she has an eosinophilic disorder. Lillian has Eosinophilic ...
Marcella was diagnosed with multiple food allergies in 2016. She is allergic to soy, peanuts, tree nuts,fish, shellfish, along with a ...
Coverage for medical nutrition is dictating our decisions on treatment. We cannot afford to pay for the formula so are delaying ...
Caroline was born 7 weeks premature. She stopped breathing several times almost dying. Neocate Jr is the only think she eats to ...
Prior to switching to my husbands employer benefits we paid $125 per month out of pocket for our daughters formula. When my husband ...
Liam has struggled with GI issues, food avoidance, and maintaining growth since he was born, but the issues intensified once we tried ...
Coverage would ease a huge financial burden for our family. Not only is the formula expensive, but so is the specialized diet Avery ...
I am a city worker. The free insurance didn’t cover feeding tube supplies or formula. So I had to switch to an insurance I had to ...
Because of the cost of desperately required essential nutrition (allergen free toddler formula) I have chosen to continue ...
My employer, though great for everything else, is self-Insured. Due to this fact they are not required to cover my 13 year old’s formula.
Coverage would mean that i could really offer my son enough nutrition per day instead of rationing. He does eat about 6 foods, but ...
We have many bills due to traveling out of state to help our 5 year see doctors that specifically help his condition. By not paying ...
Our son was diagnosed with FPIES at around 7 months of age. He is intolerant or allergic to upwards of 40 foods. Even at the current ...
Lincoln was diagnosed with a severe milk protein allergy at 2 weeks of age after blood was visibly seen in his stool. His pediatrician ...
My son, Jamus, has FPIES plus and our medical team thinks he has something that doesn’t even have a name put to it yet. He will turn ...
Told we were “too rich” to qualify for medical foods coverage but if we liquidated all our assets we could qualify for limited help.
Diagnosed at 14 months. Husband was unemployed at the time, I was working. Went through every agency in Ohio for assistance on cost. ...
My son, Max was diagnosed with FPIES after I stopped breastfeeding and he started on milk-based formula and we started introducing ...
My daughter has EoE allergies and IgE allergies and is already a tiny girl. At 17 yrs she only weighs 100lb. We are still trying to ...
Remington was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis as a toddler. By the time he was 3 years of age, it became clear that food was ...