Valarie--medical financial aid

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In a message dated 4/23/2006 11:49:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

osdbmom@... writes:

WIC wont buy

anything but cows milk, either.

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Even with a Ped's note?? My girlfriend had to switch formulas because her

daughter could not tolerate the iron. WIC agreed but only with a Ped's note.

Sandi, Mom to --age 13--CVID

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: We are in City, about a 40 min. drive north of

Grand Rapids. We use DeVos Children's hospital for all of our

needs. I was surprised that the GI or the Immuno did not suggest

CSHS to us! I found out about it from a friend of mine who uses it

for her 3 boys who were all preemies. Yes, we have 4 boys (family

of 6). Have you checked with WIC about getting special milk? I was

able to switch Cole's coupons to Lactose-Free milk this time

around. I didn't even need a doctor's note! As long as you haven't

spent any of your current coupons for the afflicted child, you

should be able to swap them out for " special " milk coupons. I was

SO happy to have saved $14 yesterday on his milk!!!!

I'll call CSHS tommorow and see if we can qualify. If we have to do

the probiotic thing the GI guy wants Cole to do, it is going to

break the bank. LOL

Thank you for your input!!!

-Rogena (Mom to 4 boys, including Cole -Partial IgA Def, GERD,

possible Celiac)

>

> Where at in MI are you? You dont have to tell me, but its nice to

know

> of someone in the same state at least with a similar problem!!

Thanks

> for piping in!!Which charters do they teach at?

> And yes, I do mean Childrens special health care services IT HAS

BEEN

> SUCH A HELP, oh, heavens.Our copays were about like--gee, should we

> buy GROCERIES this week or just meds?

> Here is the number---810-257-3112 for Sue W. she is my nurse at

CSHCS

> and can point you in the right direction. If you qualify for WIC,

you

> qualify for this. Brennan gets WIC too. What do you have--4 kids?

> Anyway, I have 4, so for a family of 6---for no cost for the CSHCS

> coverage, I *think* you would have to make over 65 grand a yr--

which

> we SO DO NOT LOL!!! and even at that, you can still have the

coverage

> for like, $20 a month, which is still cheaper than the copays. I

know

> what you mean, too about the special milk--Brennan and Savannah

are on

> a no milk, no eggs diet and it is so exepensive for us. WIC wont

buy

> anything but cows milk, either. Which I think sucks.

> Also, I know it hurts the old ego, but last yr I ended up going

down

> and applying for straight medicaid. I was able to get it on the

kids,

> even though we already have private ins, and even though we have

the

> CSHCS. It covers things that the others do not, like regular office

> calls--CSHCS only pays for office calls related to the " qualifying

> diagnosis " , so,say, if someone breaks a leg, it doesnt help. But

then

> the straight medicaid kicks in. So that might be another option.

> And we did end up qualifying for SSI--after 3 yrs and hiring a

legal

> rep, since I cant really work anymore--so that might be another

way to

> go--but that takes a lot of time. So I would go for the CSHCS

first.

> Also, CSHCS, if you use U of M hospital, will reimburse your gas

money

> for every office visit, and the ramp fee. THAT is a big help to us-

-U

> of M is 70 miles from us. They may network with another big

hospital

> too, I dont know, since I dont use another one, but you can always

ask.

> Valarie

>

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I do know that they will pay for acidophilis milk but it is also

dairy-based, i think. I know we were getting the non-dairy form of it

for a while untill they cracked down on it. I also had to have a note

from WIC to say that it was ok to do the 2-halves versus one whole

gallon since this milk only came in half gallons.

Cassie

sassykay59@... wrote:

> In a message dated 4/23/2006 11:49:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

> osdbmom@... writes:

> WIC wont buy

> anything but cows milk, either.

> __________________________________________________________________________

> ,

> Even with a Ped's note?? My girlfriend had to switch formulas

> because her

> daughter could not tolerate the iron. WIC agreed but only with a

> Ped's note.

>

>

>

> Sandi, Mom to --age 13--CVID

>

>

>

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What they will do is pay for soy FORMULA in a lactose intolerant or

dairy allergic BABY--but once a kid hits 3 yrs old, they dont care

anymore. Well, his allergy wasnt found until he was 3 yrs old, so they

couldnt help us. They told me that there is such a small percentage of

children who still have an intolerance or allergy after 3 yrs old that

it isnt worth WICs money to waste it on that stuff. He only has one

more yr on it and then we are off that too. It would have been nice if

they had helped, but they wont, so I just have to bite the bullet. I

did find that at the Whole Foods store in Ann Arbor, soy/rice milk is

only 1.50 a carton, vs 2.49 a carton around here, and if I buy a whole

case of it, you get like 3 dollars off it. So when we have appts at

the hospital, I try to pop in there and check the sales---I even found

a chocolate chip granola type bar that savannah will eat there w/o

dairy or egg. !!CALORIES!!LOL

I had even called Lansing(state capital) and asked..........they told

me the same thing.

Valarie