Hi frens,

Current pediatrician (in Massachusetts) requires all patients to follow the CDC vaccine schedule, no refusing/altering, or you're out of the practice. It seems like virtually all pediatricians are this way near me.

I need a doctor who can do the following:

• Not require vaccines (They're ALL poison. Every. Single. One.)
• Do wellness checks on my children at milestones to make sure my little ones are healthy (normal Pediatric stuff)
• Licensed to be able to give referrals
• Licensed to be able to order prescriptions (like if we antibiotics for strep/ear infections/etc)
• Takes my company's insurance

My children are 1 and 2, any advice would be much appreciated. Any other MA pedes with experience around here?

Thanks!

Edit: Thank you all for your helpful suggestions, my wife and I appreciate you all! We're going to consider a family physician, and realize that one covered by insurance is likely not going to happen.

Freedom isn't Free, right?? :)

As for medicine / home remedies, does anyone have any recommendations for kits that cover the most important stuff to have on-hand in case our little ones do come down with an illness?

Thanks again!