I was thinking of skipping a year if it is not an immunization year. I'm a little confused by this dr. visit recommendation. Maybe someone can interpret if I go once a year or just once within that range.
I was thinking of skipping a year if it is not an immunization year. I'm a little confused by this dr. visit recommendation. Maybe someone can interpret if I go once a year or just once within that range.
pomelo / 5524 posts
Yes. It's very important to me to be sure that my children have well visits every year. I go for my well visit every year, and I want them to see that they should go, even if they feel fine. They're available, and covered by insurance, so I'm baffled by anyone who doesn't go.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
As far as I know, in the state where I live, you need to provide an updated health form every year, and the only way they'll accept it is if it is signed by a doctor. So no, we keep going!
pear / 1930 posts
Absolutely. I still go to my annual well visit too.
Instead of skipping it could you maybe push it to the beginning of flu season so LO can get a well visit and a flu shot at the same time? It is still saving you a trip.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
It's the one thing we don't pay for as part of our health coverage, so I see no reason to not take the kids every year.
squash / 13208 posts
Our insurance stops paying for well visits at age 6 so that's the last year DS went - he is now 8.
He isn't into sports and school doesn't require it so he hasn't been - his next vaccine is btwn age 11-12
nectarine / 2085 posts
Yes, I took him at 6 and he'll keep going annually until the office tells us otherwise. I think you generally need updated forms for some sports on an annual basis, and there are probably updates required for school forms periodically too.
coconut / 8483 posts
I don't even know if they are offered here. I'm in Ontario (Canada) and they stopped providing physicals for adults (some doctors still will - mine will not). So they probably don't even offer them. But it's free, so yay?
pomelo / 5866 posts
I was a bit confused by the structure of the age groupings. I think I will take the suggestion to delay it until flu shot time just to combine the trips.
honeydew / 7283 posts
Definitely. I want to make sure if there's a problem that it's caught early and for my kids to have a good relationship with their Drs so that as they get older they feel comfortable talking to them about things. I don't want them just to associate them with illness - they're there to help us stay healthy!
pomelo / 5298 posts
@Mamaof2: Really? I didn't know that insurance would stop. I guess I just assumed. I need to look into this since my LO will be six this year.
pomelo / 5866 posts
@MrsF: That's what I thought at first---that I would never ever skip a year. Now that LO is nearing 6 it just doesn't seem as important as the relationship with her pediatrician has been established through numerous previous visits. Interesting how time changes things. It is free so that's not an issue for me.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
There always seems to be school and camp medical forms to fill out so we go every year.
squash / 13208 posts
@MamaG: we have Tricare- it doesn't follow the normal rules ( it also drops coverage at 21 vs 27 on most plans)
But it's free so I can't complain!
nectarine / 2180 posts
@Mamaof2: Agh, we have Tricare too. We moved shortly after DD's 5th birthday/well visit, so it's crazy to think that her pediatrician doesn't "know" her at all, and who knows when she'll even see him!
pomelo / 5866 posts
Any comments on the table I posted? I'm wondering why they would list it that way.
4-5 years-- We went exactly at 4 years. And we went exactly the month she turned 5 years.
5-6 years-- We went at the turn of 5 years. Same appt as I listed in above grouping. Will skip 6 years birthday.
6-8 years- I am deciding to go at approximately 6 and a half years (flu season) So about a little more that half year later than last year.
Anyway, we'll see after six. I'm still thinking the chart is confusing. Maybe it has to do with kindergarten or immunization schedule.
pomelo / 5621 posts
@Mrs. Champagne: I'm in AB and have never really looked into this. At 3 they said we will see you at 4 unless there are problems.
If they do it then I will take him every year. I want him to take his health seriously.
@808love: that chart is confusing with how it overlaps the ages.
nectarine / 2641 posts
@Mamaof2: I don't know much about this, but your comment made me freak out a bit, so I looked it up. I think (and I could be totally wrong) that if your child receives an immunization (so flu shot?) at the same time, then Tri-care will cover a "comprehensive preventative exam." I'm going to have to do more research, but hopefully after 5 we can time visits with flu shots and be covered...
pomelo / 5866 posts
@ALV91711: Thanks for validating my confusion! LOL! That is from the hospital and all I can find online.
grapefruit / 4800 posts
@Pancakes: @Mamaof2: http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/10/15/well-child-visits-now-covered-under-tricare-policy.html
It looks like they just updated their policy and now kids can get a well child visit covered
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