I did just this, with Blue Cross. I placed a stack of studies,...every one
from the ILCA position paper on the Hazards of Infant Formula by Marsha
Walker. They still refuse to pay for lactation consultatation on a regular
basis. Kathleen

At 11:43 PM 10/3/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Carolyn,
>   I have been suggesting for yearsthat we pitch bf as
>a savings insurance company. Then they'd pay for things
>like breast milk (not to mention pumps etc.) and they could
>give breastfeeding mothers a discount similar to the
>non-smokers discount.
>The problem, as you say, is to put it in terms they understand.

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