I would love to know more about how that change came about in WIC in the 1990's.
Must be published somewhere already - something by Marsha Walker perhaps?
Anyone know?
Phyllis

---- Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 

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Dear Lactnet Friends:

Right Lissa; we are saying the same thing and quibbling a bit over the
terminology.

 " The WIC program receives a rebate....This allows the WIC program to
serve more families" because the money from the rebate goes to provide WIC
services.  In other words, the more formula WIC distributes, the more
services WIC can provide.

It was a WIC director to whom I directed my question, once I understood the
mechanism.  I asked "Isn't that a kickback?" and she replied, "Yes."

If WIC's breastfeeding programs were truly supported by our government,
such "rebates/kickbacks"  would disappear. As it stands now, the US
Government is the world's leading purchaser of breastmilk substitutes, and
the WIC program has been identified as a barrier to breastfeeding since the
GAO report of 2003.

WIC didn't start out that way. In the 1990s, WIC was single-handedly
responsible for the increase in US breastfeeding rates. All things can be
corrupted unless we are vigilant. Like brushing our teeth, we have to do it
every day; doing a great job brushing on Sunday still means having to do it
on Monday.

--
Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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