Another Special Diet Supplement Victory in Sudbury

A delegation of about 10 people from the Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty occupied the ODSP office yesterday morning until a meeting was had with a worker and a decision made in favour of special diet supplement recipient, Michele.

Michele had been cut back in March to a miserable $20 with the new form. The devastating cut imperiled both her health and medical plans since she couldn't eat properly and continued to lose weight at an alarming rate. A new application subsequently submitted and now approved gives her a substantially higher amount as of this month. It is blatantly clear, however, that Michele's health situation existed all along and the cut should never have happened.

Raymond Boucher set the precedent for retroactive payments in situations where a second new form with a higher amount than the first is approved. This is what Michele with SCAP's help demanded and won. The higher amount of $$ will apply back to the month of the original cut, March.

The fundamentally punitive changes in the new form, the systemic practice of failing to provide adequate instructions to medical professionals and lack of an attached fee schedule make it impossible for applicants to get a decent special diet supplement. SCAP has developed a flyer to help get information and relevant tips out to people.