Well, I put my foot in it didn't I? When I posted re: getting Dr to prescribe
pumps/human milk/donor milk I did not mean to advocate or even approve of
said actions. My intent was to answer the original question as to how to get
insurance to cover the pump. These were ideas that clients and coworkers have
come up with to answer this in the past.

I don't however see why insurance companies should not cover pumps when they
will save money in the long run if the baby is breastfed. Especially if the
insurance company is covering expensive prescription formulas for babies who
cannot tolerate regular formulas-but would probably have been fine on
breastmilk if their mothers had been educated and could have gotten a good
pump in the beginning.

Cathy B wrote > And I think that we veer into real evil if the
system can be manipulated so that the inequities are exaggerated rather than
eliminated, and I see a big potential here.>

I agree 100%. I shouldn't have answered how to do it without stating my
feelings about it. Unfortunately I am not as well spoken as Cathy.

Sincerely,

Cheryl L Tompkins

PS: Pumps are Durable Medical Equipment are they Tax deductible??

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