ahava2005

akaMrsL

Wow formula covered by insurance!  That is fabulous.  What insurance do you have?  How did you go about getting it covered?  I'm guessing your doctor had to write a prescription.  Any tips would be great!  TIA

ahava2005

Yes, my doctor wrote a prescription.  Most insurance carriers will cover it for a preemie, you just have to call and ask.  I have Blue Cross.

Not only that, you can have it delivered to your house.  Call your insurance company and ask what their policy is.  Say you have a prescription from your doc (get one written) and ask about places that will ship it to you.  In my state (MA), I am allowed 10 cans delivered monthly, covered 100%, for each baby.  So each month I get 20 cans delivered to my doorstep.  Apria healthcare (google it) ships it to me and calls me once a month to remind me.

Since they are primarily breastmilk fed (I use the neosure for added cals and they get one formula bottle/day), I don't use most of it and as of today have 58 unopened cans of neosure in my basement.  None of which I paid for.

I had my visiting nurse tell me about all of this...otherwise I would not have known.