Just heard a bit on the news about a medical practice in Seattle that has just instituted a policy of charging drug company reps $30/hour just to get in the door of the practice, with no guarantee of seeing a doctor. They say it will help to defray the costs of seeing these reps. On a slow day there are about 15 drug company reps trying to sell their wares in this practice. Combined with hospitals and state legislatures forbidding formula distribution this could have an impact on the way drug companies (including formula companies) do business. Does anyone know any more about this, or if there are other practices and facilities instituting similar policies? Naomi Bar-Yam *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html