Linda  says,
 
<<However, I  would love to get my hands on a good article as to how moms who 
have an electric  pump at work ultimately SAVE money for the insurance 
company due to less illness  in the baby, less lost work time, etc.  I would like to 
look at this as an  opportunity to educate. >>
 
 
I'm going to be the proverbial wet  blanket and announce that basically, the 
insurance companies don't give a  rip.  And the reason?  A person will change 
insurance companies many  many times (or their employer will -- or they will 
change employers so -- the  effect is the same).  Why should the insurance 
company pay for something  (breastpump rental, or lactation visit) that in the 
long run may benefit another  insurance company?  Paying for lactation services 
when the baby is 1 month  old is probably not going to save THAT insurance 
company money when the baby is  4 months old, because the likelihood is that the 
parents will have  switched.
 
Sad, but there you have  it.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Wheaton IL
_www.lactationeducationconsultants.com_ 
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/) 
"I  would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there 
isn't,  than live my life as though there isn't, and die to find out there 
is." -  Pascal


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