I am a pediatric gastroenterologist and treat children with a variety of digestive conditions that require medical nutrition. I often see patients whose digestive conditions mandate that they be on special diets or supplements and yet these diets cannot be
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Jennifer, Idaho Dietitian
My biggest frustration with the lack of coverage of medical foods is that these are NOT foods like those that we purchase from our grocer, they ARE medical treatments just like medications. The party with the condition CANNOT be healthy without them in the exact same manner that a person with diabetes type 1 cannot live without insulin.
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Landyn has been blessed to have Medicaid as his medical costs over they years would have been impossible for our family to pay. When he was on his tube feedings the cost of the formula alone would have been prohibitive.
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For our family, the most meaningful part of medical nutrition coverage would be hope and confidence for the future. We have coverage for the moment (after going through the petitioning process with our insurance), but I worry what could change
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