Pat, thanks for your surprising revelations about Medicaid coverage in New
Jersey.  In Missouri, babies are covered under their mom's Medicaid for 6
weeks until the baby can get signed up.
        There is also a nation wide COBRA (antidumping) law.  If a baby is refused
care at a doctor's office because of no Medicaid -- at least the mom could
be encouraged to go to the ER for a check up.  Hospitals cannot refuse to
see her without a medical screening -- this is the COBRA law.  Maybe if
this happened enough, NJ would find a better way of handling Medicaid.
        And maybe states will finally learn the real way to saving money is
through the use of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding which includes
follow-up!!!
Jill Lund, RD, MS - St. Louis, Missouri WIC   "Loving Support Makes
Breastfeeding Work"