Carole is still having trouble posting. The LACTNET gremlins are not
allowing it...
Dear All
I too pay more taxes than most of our politicians. I too do not like to
spend all of the Special Supplemental nutrition money on formula.
However, the foods in the WIC package were researched and approved by the
Institute of Medicine. Their recommendations were then accepted as the
food
packages for all mothers and infants.
There in fact some mothers, despite all of our efforts, who will not
breastfeed. These mothers then receive infant formula, not the best
option, but
it remains their choice.
I would like to reiterate Jan's statement about the amount of training WIC
is doing to support breastfeeding. Much more than the majority of
hospitals
around the nation. They recognize that breastfeeding is the norm, even
though some mothers do not accept this. All staff has or will receive
breastfeeding training, from clerk to manager.
WIC has the opportunity to promote and support breastfeeding to the
mothers
of 53% of the infants born in the US. WIC has increased it's breastfeeding
rates 21.6% by 2010. They are working diligently to increase the number
of IBCLCs working for the WIC program to support breastfeeding mothers.
Attacking the fact that WIC does distribute infant formula to those
mothers
who request, despite counseling and support, does nothing to support the
thousands of women who DO chose to breastfeed in the WIC program.
Carole Peterson MS, IBCLC
Indiana
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Jan's comment to tag to this regarding the rebate program: For those of
you calling it a "kickback" -- just a question -- if you purchase an item at
a store and you send in a copy of the receipt and the code on the box, and
the company sends you back $25 as a rebate, is that a kickback? If a
"kickback", then perhaps it isn't ethical to take it?
I personally do not see that a rebate and a kickback are the same thing at
all. We've just been discussing the ethics and legality of kickbacks when
an LC gets a referral from another person, or refers a person to a store.
Somehow, I don't put my Verizon Wireless $50 rebate into the same category
at all. Put perhaps the rest of you do?
Lawyer Liz -- what thinkest thou?
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
_www.lactationeducationconsultants.com_
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)
Wheaton IL
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