Insurance Companies Should Be Investing More, Not Less, in Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding is hard enough. We live in the only industrialized nation that doesn't offer a federal paid maternity leave policy. Even worse, about 25 percent of mothers in the United States return to work just 10 days after giving birth. That means millions of mamas turn to breast pumps to provide their infants with the optimal nutrition for their first year of life and to finish the job our society won't allow us to complete with our bodies and babies alone.