One hurdle overcome in fight to get coverage of liquid meals for allergic children
By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer | |
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An estimated 450 infants and children in
The formulas are covered by the state's Medical Assistance program for eligible low-income residents. Since 1996, state law has required private insurance coverage of the formulas to treat inherited metabolic disorders such as phenylketonuria.
The extension of coverage was cheered by parents, who testified in
"No parent would elect to take food away from their children and replace it with formula unless it was the only hope,"
Unlike metabolic disorders, severe food allergies often get better as the immune response normalizes, enabling sufferers to reintroduce food and discontinue the formula. Dean and Cole, who went on formula in late 2010, needed it for about a year.
"This formula is more than nutrition -- it is medicine,"
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