Posted on 06/25/2012 4:41:49 AM PDT by magellan
Leigh Anne O'Connor, a lactation consultant in New York, is anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on President Barack Obama's health overhaul.
She is worried that if the court strikes down the law, it would wipe out a provision requiring larger employers to give women time and a private space to pump breast milk.
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Other groups are worried they will lose valued perks if the court strikes down the law. La Leche League International, a breast-feeding advocacy organization, said losing the nursing mothers' provision would set back its cause. "A lot of times the laws shape the culture, and one of the biggest challenges to breast feeding is culture," said Ms. O'Connor, who also is a spokeswoman for the group.
Doug Roll, mayor of Libby, Mont., estimates that hundreds of residents in his small town were able to enroll in Medicare thanks to a provision added to the law that allowed certain victims of environmental health hazards onto the program before age 65. A now-defunct vermiculite mine near the town exposed residents to asbestos.
After Mr. Obama signed the health overhaul in March 2010, federal officials quickly set up shop in Libby and began signing up residents for Medicare, Mr. Roll said. He signed up and said that switching from his private insurance cut his insurance costs by more than half.
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I’m not defending the law, just stating the obvious. You should not be mystified that refrigerators exist and exist in the workplace.
The Economy Will Get A Boost If The Court Overturns ObamaCare
Sat, 06/23/2012 - 3:31pm | eightieserin
The Obama administration launched a pre-emptive ad blitz on June 19, touting the Obama health law’s benefits days before the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its ruling on ObamaCare’s constitutionality. The ads claim there’s a lot to lose if the law is struck down. But they say nothing about the hiring boom that will result from an ObamaCare defeat. It would give the economy a shot in the arm.
If the justices rule that mandatory health insurance is unconstitutional, they will also strike down a big chunk of the health law — all of Title 1 — including the burdensome “Employer Responsibility” provision that has struck fear in the hearts of employers and deterred hiring.
Beginning in 2014, the “Employer Responsibility” provision would require employers with 50 or more workers to provide health coverage or pay a penalty. Not just any coverage, but a package of expensive benefits that the president deems “essential.”
In most states, that requirement would add $1.79 per hour to the cost of a full-time employee. That would amount to the biggest hike in labor costs in American history. Employers in New York and New Jersey, where health plans are the most expensive, would be hit even harder....
http://illinoisteaparty.net/content/economy-will-get-boost-if-court-overturns-obamacare
That's not what a lactation consultant does. Lactation consultants advice lactating women (not corporations), often those who are having trouble breastfeeding for whatever reason. ObamaCare didn't "create" lactation consultants.
Breast milk is safe at room temp for up to eight hours. Most pumps come with freezer packs, keeping everything cool until home refrigeration.
Well, I have no doubt there are consultants who are hired by corporations to tell them where to put lactation rooms, etc.
Those are the only "lactation consultants" who would be impacted by ObamaCare. If a mother wanted lactation advice, she would need that even if ObamaCare was overturned completely. And lactation consultants would have about as much reason to be included in an article on ObamaCare as plastic surgeons.
That said, if a woman has trouble lactating, she needs to see her doctor. She may need to pump breast milk. If she cannot produce enough breast milk, she will need to replace or augment breast milk with formula.
Regardless, a "lactation consultant" sounds like a racket. The production of milk is a a hormonally driven event in women who have just delivered, and the ability to suckle a teat is instinctual in an infant. If feeding an infant was a significant problem, the human race would not be here today.
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