Winnie noted that insurance companies may be leading the way in terms of
being supportive of breastfeeding employees.  And then wondered if they also
reimburse for LC services, pumps, etc.  I am the one who had posted about my
insurance company employer being supportive of my breastfeeding and I will
also say that same company (WAY BACK in the spring of 1995) did in fact
reimburse for LC home visits.  I think the key is that the LC who helped me
gave me a bill which included the necessary ICD-9 codes to file a claim on
my son.  I was insured through a PPO at the time.  I was given a manual pump
by postpartum nurses after my last delivery (May, 2000) and it was also paid
for.  I still haven't opened the package but that is another story. (The one
about how not all breastfeeding mothers need pumps.)

Sara Dodder Furr, breastfeeding advocate and volunteer
Lincoln, Nebraska

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