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Bill aims to get Medicaid coverage for donor breast milk: ‘Something like this makes smart policy’
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Bill aims to get Medicaid coverage for donor breast milk: ‘Something like this makes smart policy�

  • By Naseem S. Miller Orlando Sentinel

Medicaid would be required to cover pasteurized donor breast milk for some premature babies under proposed legislation that supporters � including an Orlando milk bank � say would help save vulnerable newborns and health-care dollars because mother’s milk helps babies thrive and require fewer hospital visits.