Dear Friends:
     Go Barbara, go! And anybody else that has a chance to talk about the
cost savings of bf to a cash-poor community, city, state, or nation.
     One might also mention that the CEOs of the HMOs and insurance companies
would probably rake in another million or so a year if babies were breastfeed
according to AAP policy, and the companies weren't paying out so much to take
care of diseases in mothers, babies and children.
     Warmly,
In a message dated 2/6/03 9:25:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> .  It may be that the budget deficit will have
> the one small silver lining of provoking some interest in the cost savings
> issues related to bfg.  This may be just the time to hammer away on the
> idea
> that we can't afford to ignore the health risks of formula.  It costs too
> much.
>
>


Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health:
Lactation Consulting
Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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