Internet, websites, newspapers--aargh!  It's everywhere. As a  Horizon Blue 
Cross/Blue Shield health insurance member, I received a  newsletter titled 
Horizon Healthy Woman.  The first page had articles that  included suggestions on 
prevention as part of health care and smoking  cessation programs.
The second full page was on Understanding Gestational Diabetes.  The  
graphics included a photo of a pregnant woman, a baby rattle and a  pacifier.  Ugh.
The third page asked Is A Baby on Your Horizon?  It listed what you  could 
expect to receive in services while you are pregnant and after you are  
pregnant.  This included discounts for prenatal education courses and  materials.  The 
next offering was information about childhood  immunizations.  Not one word 
on breastfeeding.  Aargh--another  teaching opportunity lost.  
I shot off an email to the editor of the newsletter thanking them for the  
idea of the newsletter and suggesting to them that they missed a good chance to  
educate and support mothers interested in breastfeeding and those who are  
seeking information in order to make an informed decision.  I asked them to  do 
their homework on the savings of health care dollars over the lifetime of  
this mother and baby.  And I sent them to the AAP guidlelines and the WHO  
guidelines.  
I thanked the editor for the concept of the newsletter and suggested that  
they might be highly motivated to do that if the insurer had the information on  
the savings of health care dollars for breastfeeding families.
I urge anyone else who received this to write something to 
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Jeanne Rago
 
I am on to the letter to Medela as I received my certified letter today  
about  for my rental pumps.  I have a rageathon in me about  this.  I shouldn't 
even get started but I'm already on a  roll.



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