Janice Reynolds wrote:
 What if the formula companies were owned by gov't - not private
for-profit corporations?  Take the profit out of it - the formula would
still be available for those who absolutely needed it, but at a low
price because there would be no markup for advertising, donations to
hospitals, sales reps, etc.  but no incentives to increase the market
share for formula.  And perhaps the gov't should be supplying formula
for free - wouldn't that be incentive to increase breastfeeding and milk
banks?  (But I guess the existence of WIC negates that arguement).

Janice, I love your idea of by-passing the profit motive. And I love the
way your post wound its way to look at the economic incentives for
different actors: the government, which would be paying to make and
distribute the formula, vs. the parents who would pay or not pay to get
some, and then led to the question whether having to pay the cost of
distributing free formula would be an incentive for the government to
promote breastfeeding. I don't know if I believe in any of these
scenarios, but it's intriguing to think about them.

I'm going "no mail" now to take off for ILCA tomorrow. Will continue the
discussion behind the purple badges.
Chris

Chris Mulford, RN, IBCLC
LLL Leader Reserve
working for WIC in South Jersey (Eastern USA)
Co-coordinator, Women & Work Task Force, WABA

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