Andrea Gangel's 14-month-old son Steven was diagnosed with a cow's milk protein allergy and soy intolerance when he was just a baby, which meant he couldn't keep down regular formula. The only thing he could stomach was a prescription elemental formula called Neocate.

The Alberta government has launched new benefit programs to provide a hypo-allergenic baby formula to families who had been spending hundreds of dollars a month on the specialized food.

A Bowmanville, Ont. family is fighting their insurance company to get costly, life-saving formula for their infants covered.