Pediasure question - insurance coverage

[Guest guest]

I got into this conversation late, so I am not sure who posted. I

believe someone was having problems getting pediasure covered by

insurance. I've never tried getting it covered. Both my sons,

including the typical child, have been on it. However, our children's

hospital (in Memphis) has a program that supplies kids with needed

nutritional foods like special formulas and pediasure. Recently, they

changed us to Boost cause they said it is cheaper and it is just as

good as Pediasure. Liam can't tell the difference! All of this is

free to us with no income requirements. He gets 4 or 5 cases per

month..so that's quite a savings for us.

Perhaps other local hospitals have programs like this. Ours is thru

the nutritional department at the hospital. When we went in to have

an assessment, even that was free!

I would contact the hospitals in your area and also pediatric

gastrointerologists..they may know if there are programs like this

since they deal with kids who have to have special formulas and such.

good luck,

Mama to Seamas, 9

and Liam, 4 - myoclonic seizures, global dev. delay, undescended

testes, short stature - possible mito, possible Barth's - no dx.

[Guest guest]

I got into this conversation late, so I am not sure who posted. I

believe someone was having problems getting pediasure covered by

insurance. I've never tried getting it covered. Both my sons,

including the typical child, have been on it. However, our children's

hospital (in Memphis) has a program that supplies kids with needed

nutritional foods like special formulas and pediasure. Recently, they

changed us to Boost cause they said it is cheaper and it is just as

good as Pediasure. Liam can't tell the difference! All of this is

free to us with no income requirements. He gets 4 or 5 cases per

month..so that's quite a savings for us.

Perhaps other local hospitals have programs like this. Ours is thru

the nutritional department at the hospital. When we went in to have

an assessment, even that was free!

I would contact the hospitals in your area and also pediatric

gastrointerologists..they may know if there are programs like this

since they deal with kids who have to have special formulas and such.

good luck,

Mama to Seamas, 9

and Liam, 4 - myoclonic seizures, global dev. delay, undescended

testes, short stature - possible mito, possible Barth's - no dx.