The title of this opinion piece is:
   HMOs take notice: Breast-feeding good for babies, business.
It's by a new editorial writer named Linda Valdez.  The impetus for this
column is a study by two doctors at the Dept of Peds, AZ Health Sciences
Center in Tucson, which establishes (what we already know) that
breastfeeding saves $331 to $445 in health care dollars in the first year of
life.  You can e-mail Linda Valdez at:   [log in to unmask]
Here's a link to the column:
http://www.azcentral.com/opinions/columns/valdez.shtml

If you have trouble with the above link, just go to
    http://www.azcentral.com/
Then select Opinions / Columns on the left side of the home page.
Then select Linda Valdez.  If there's another editorial there, replacing
this one, go to the bottom of that page for a window where you can select
from previous editorials.

Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC
Private Practice - Glendale, AZ
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