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On 12/27/04 2:14 PM, "Georgia Morrow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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A major obstacle to the provision of donor milk to all babies who need it is
> lack of insurance coverage. We do not have a shortage of mothers willing to
> donate.
In most states, there is limited third-party coverage for the
> donor milk processing fee (costs incurred by donor
> screening,pasteurizing,shipping/delivery, etc). There are a few states which
> do provide Medicaid coverage for outpatients, however, they pay a
> predetermined fee which does not cover the entire cost of processing the milk.
> This lack of coverage presents a barrier to its use by hospitals and
> post-discharge families. It requires recipient hospitals to allocate funds for
> the milk processing fee from their limited patient-care budgets, which they
> are often reluctant to do due to a lack of awareness of the importance of
> human milk. Ongoing education by the lactation community and studies such as
> that done by Nancy Wight, M.D. that support donor milk useage are essential to
> necessary change in health care policy and complete coverage of the donor milk
> processing fee. This shift to a model in which access to human milk is
> recognized as a right of all newborns is a lengthy process, but has begun.
> Each of us has a role to play in this.
In the meantime, the HMBANA milk banks
> continue to keep the donor milk fee below cost to encourage its use. This
> requires private funding (not from formula companies or their associates) and
> support from the community and/or hospital with which the milk bank is
> affiliated.
Warmly,
Georgia Morrow
--
"A Person's a Person No Matter How
> Small"
-Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who
Thanks you for elaborating, Georgia. My Canadian bias is showing - I thought
you were referring to a milk bank's need for liability insurance, not health
insurance coverage for individuals. :-)
- Jodine Chase
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