Feeding and Nutrition

Re: Alimentum

MarcusSam — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:58:27 GMT

Hi! I did call the Medco they say they won't cover it. How did you say it? Need help. Thank you so much.

Re: Alimentum

lma324 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:43:18 GMT

is this the liquid or powder?

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donaletosky — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:01:26 GMT

They consider your income before they consider medical. Im am going through this right now with them. We did not qualify financially, and I was told he medical condition would get him approved. This is not true, I met with the WIC rep yesterday and we were denied because of income.

Re: Alimentum

eeyour_1999 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:55:27 GMT

My daughter is on Alimentum and our insurance will not cover it. I am able to appeal it also for the 3 time. I did recieve a phone call saying that it was approve. When I called back they denied it. I still have the message on my phone. No one is doing anything for me or helping me out. I do not get WIC at all. So I am going to take matters into my own hands. I do hope that the insurance will cover after they hear from me.

Re: Alimentum

foldenke — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:53:22 GMT

My son was started on Alimentum and the Doctor"s office had some available at the time to get me started.. It helped a great deal but no one else has needed it.. So check for samples of it around the area also..

Re: Alimentum

tamarap123 — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:20:34 GMT

My insurance company says they will not cover Alimentum, even with a prescription, because they don't cover anything that can be purchased without a prescription. Has anyone else run into this? I'm so bummed!

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3kidmom — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:45:52 GMT

My first child was on Alimentum and he was on WIC. I had a Dr. prescribe it and gave that to WIC and they paid for it until he was no longer on it (at 1year). Now with my youngest who is 16 months he was on Isomil Soy from birth which requires no prescription from a Dr. Now that he is too old for formula I switched him to cow's milk with him having diarrhea for a month straight. So I tried lactose free milk for a week and that didn't work. Then I tried soy milk and that helped somewhat. But a half gallon of Soy milk costs as much as a gallon of regular. He was still getting WIC but we were drinking the cows milk and buying him soy and he was going through it FAST! So I have been told by WIC that they will provide soy milk if I have a DR.'s note and they just started doing this in October. I switched insurances and now I have to find a new Dr. In the mean time I have tried the toddler formulas and have been getting better results from them, The only problem was that they are all milk based. But he was doing better on those than with the soy milk. So last night I discovered that Similac has a toddler formula that is soy based. It's all just confusing and with not having a Dr. it makes all that much more difficult. Sorry just needed to vent I guess.

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cutemom2 — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:06:26 GMT

i will try that ! thanks

Re: Alimentum

Tinahelen1128 — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:17:03 GMT

Hello!!

If you have a Buy Buy Baby store by you they charge $6 for the ready to feed bottles and Similac sends you the $5 off coupons and it would end up about $1 per Bottle. Thats what I do and it works really well for us. Good luck and I hope you have a Buy Buy Baby close to your home.

Re: Alimentum

longina918 — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 09:24:20 GMT

One more thing I would suggest for everyone is to contact the company. They sent me samples and extra coupons that help a great deal while I waited for delivery. I wouldn't have made it without the help of Abbott. Please use them as a resource. They made me feel like they were interested in my family and not the profit margin.

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haseena — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:19:18 GMT

First of all, I would like to thank you for this post, about 2 weeks ago I came across this post and immediately called my insurance to find out if they will cover Alimentum. I had no idea that insurance might pay for the formula that my daughter has been on for over 5 months now. Now two weeks later they approved it and it will be covered 100% and I should be receiving a delivery from Apria Health care today with one month supply :)

Like many others have said keep calling your insurance and do not give up if one person tells you no, because from my experience the customer reps do not know a whole lot. Most times I felt like they were guessing and sometimes I even got different answers from different people. Try to see if you can get someones direct line and keep checking on the status everyday.

By the way my insurance is Empire BlueCross BlueShield and they did require a prescription from my daughter's ped. which stated the medical necessity for why she needs Alimentum. Hope you get an approval from your insurance soon....good luck

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lakers76 — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:53:06 GMT

I don't know how the rules are in every state but here in Texas they will approve all the similac formula's with out an RX but the Alimentum I had to get a RX for this and here in Texas I do get the WIC for my son but it isn't enough to cover the whole mth I am finding myself having to buy it.

Re: Alimentum

haseena — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:53:08 GMT

I don't know if your insurance approved your request, but just thought to let you know that Walmart has Alimentum on sale for about $7 for the 1QT Liquid formula, they are not advertising it, and when I asked the cashier if its on sale she said she doesn't know. It's a $3 saving, worth a trip to your local Walmart to check if its also on sale.

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julie176 — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:06:04 GMT

My insurance doesn't cover it, but my flexible spending account did agree to cover it with a doctors prescription. It's not much, but does help.

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lllashley — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:23:06 GMT

I have exactly the same insurance and prescription coverage that you do. Can you please explain what I need to say so that I can get the Alimentium? This formula is killing us financially as my son finishes one can in two days.