My step daughter was taken by dcs yesterday because we would not sign her off to a LVL 2 facility the physiologist recommended saying by not sending her away its neglect.  She is a RAD child and as it says in its name reactive attachment disorder child.  dcs is making it worse by removing her attachments.  we are at a loss of what to do.  DCS tried bullying us into signing the paper and now is making good with the threats.  we are for treatment just not sending her away to a facility she does not need.

Regarding healthcare for children and families (please keep in mind that these are guidelines, not guarantees):

1.) If you have a choice regarding your medical coverage: avoid “narrow networks” and enroll in a health savings account plan (HSA) instead of a co-pay plan. Now that ObamaCare has made most deductibles very high, co-pay plans are not usually worth the money; unless someone in your family is hospitalized, you’ll never see a dollar of those high premiums again. With an HSA, your deductible may be even higher but your premiums should be lower.  Use the money you save on premiums to partially fund your HSA, which can be used to pay not only for medical bills and prescriptions, but also for expenses not traditionally funded by medical coverage, such as dental expenses and glasses/contacts.

2.) If possible, find a primary physician who works at an independent clinic instead of one owned by a “healthcare system.”  Physicians who own their own practices (or work for another independent physician/owner) are more likely/allowed to be independent thinkers than those who work for CorpMed; some even provide direct primary care (care funded by retainer payments outside the insurance system). Unless there are significant medical concerns, a child doesn’t need to see a pediatrician. For healthy children, a family practitioner is sufficient and can provide care as your family grows.  When searching for a physician, tell your family’s potential new doctor that while you will appreciate and consider his/her recommendations regarding treatments/specialist referrals, you prefer to have the option to make final decisions.  A good doctor will respect this.

3.) Call it the “primary-care paradox”: the better places for primary care are not usually the better places for specialty care, and vice versa.  Should your child need a specialist for a serious condition such as cancer (and you select conventional Western treatment) or a congenital heart defect requiring surgery, you may not have any choice but to go to an academic/children’s medical center.  If you live in or are referred to a large city where there is more than one pediatric hospital, avoid the highest-volume facility (often self-described as the city’s “only freestanding children’s hospital”) and seek a smaller, also high-quality facility (often self-described as a “hospital within a hospital”).  In addition, avoid if possible pediatric hospitals in lower-income neighborhoods: in brief, the largest children’s hospitals and those located in low-income areas MAY be more likely to have vigilant child-abuse teams.  If your child doesn’t have a serious condition but needs hospital attention (for example, sutures, casting, or routine minor surgery), seek a general hospital with a good pediatrics unit (if possible, one NOT staffed by or affiliated with a “children’s hospital”).  Provided that you can afford to do so and your child’s hospital admission is routine, it may be prudent to consult with a family-law attorney in advance.  If certain forms of treatment that you want to refuse for religious reasons are not definite but possible (depending on the course of your child’s illness), inform your clergy before treatment/hospitalization begins and ask if s/he is willing to support your decision in a formal context before a hospital’s medical-ethics board.  Have your local clergy alert his/her superiors in the event that more religious support may be needed, and contact an attorney.

4.) If you need to travel to a hospital out of town: if possible, avoid receiving care at any children’s hospital with a McDonald’s or other fast-food restaurant on the premises.  Also, provided that you can afford it, avoid staying at Ronald McDonald Houses, which charge lower rates than hotels but are not free of charge.  If you do not have any relatives or friends in the city where you will be staying but belong to a religious congregation or fraternal organization, attempt to find a family you can stay with through one of these connections.  Offer to pay whatever room and board you can afford, and help with cooking, housework, and yardwork as you are able

If parents are looking for doctors that understand not vaccinating at all, home schooling,  and faith based decisions, Look no further than the Seymour MO area.  It is almost the norm here not to vaccinate.