Does insurance help with a cooler vest?

[Guest guest]

We were looking into getting a cooler vest for Joey. You guys have

steered us in a good directions on finding one. I got a E-Mail back

on one yesterday that they do carry Cooler Vest, yet they do not take

insurance. Are they very costly? What I read yesterday it looks

like $500. To us that is alot! Can my doctor just write a note?

Maybe insurance will help that way. He is already having trouble in

the heat and the summer is not even here yet.

Thanks Tamara

[Guest guest]

tamara,

If u sign up on the HED foundation site u don't have to pay they put you on

a waiting list and when they get enough donations they send it to u. It

doesn't usually take to long. The only other suggestion I have is getting a

sponser. Like a business or soemthing. I know they now have a new

spokesperson for the HED foundation and its Gandolfini from the

Saprano's. So I hope that they now will get more donations. As the HED

foundation also does full suits for children of the night. They are deathly

allergic to sun or light over certain wattages. So they get a whole suit and

they are $2500 so they go on list to so who ever coems up first gets them.

Our school that my daughter goes to gets one to keep at school. I wish you

luck on getting one.

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>Reply-To: Mito

>To: Mito

>Subject: Does insurance help with a cooler vest?

>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:11:07 -0000

>

>We were looking into getting a cooler vest for Joey. You guys have

>steered us in a good directions on finding one. I got a E-Mail back

>on one yesterday that they do carry Cooler Vest, yet they do not take

>insurance. Are they very costly? What I read yesterday it looks

>like $500. To us that is alot! Can my doctor just write a note?

>Maybe insurance will help that way. He is already having trouble in

>the heat and the summer is not even here yet.

>Thanks Tamara

>

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[Guest guest]

You are going to have to check your insurance policy. With ours it does cover durable medical equiptment and supplies, but there is an exception where it will not cover anything that can be an article of clothing. My suggestion is to contact the Moody Foundation, www.sarahmoodyfoundation.org. They are getting my daughter a cooling vest at no cost to us (yet we are going to fundraise some to help out). Best wishes.