Last week, when my daughter was put on Alimentum and I saw how expensive it was, my pediatricians nurse referred me to an organization in South Dakota called Children’s Special Health Services. It is through our state Department of Health. I just got off the phone with one of their personnel and she said that we could get up to $500.00 from the Children’s Miracle Network to help pay for formula – I thought surely there must be a hitch. I asked if it was income based and she said no, as long as a child meets the health requirement (and reflux is one), assistance can be provided. She said she will fax over the application, have my doctor sign it, and she will send it in for me. Just doing a little figuring, that is about 80 days worth of formula which would be really cool. They will either issue the check directly to me or to the store that I prefer to buy the formula. It sounds really good. I will post again to keep everyone updated on how it works and try to do a little research on the availablity of the program in other areas.
Robin
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