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[ID] 132 [Interest Areas] Lactation Professional [Comment] Employers and insurance companies should provide assistance and supprt to breastfeeding families. A few insurance companies have started reimbursing for quality breastpumps for their clients and I do see that making a difference. I would like to see public policies in every state provide this as a benefit for their customers. In Minnesota and Wisconsin where I live and work, the medical assistance programs cover the cost of a quality breastpump. It has convinced mothers who may have not given their baby human milk to reconsider. Our clients from Iowa do not have that luxury. Iowa MA does not even cover the cost of a rental for a baby in the NICU where the research is so clear about what a difference human milk can make. I think this is one area that would help get more human milk to babies for a longer period of time. [Topic] 
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