New Findings on Affordable Care Act from Boston College Summarized (Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Affordable Care Act are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Newton Center, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "Mothers who receive or qualify for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program or have lower income are less likely to start and continue breast-feeding than their more advantaged counterparts."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Boston College, "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to provide break time and space to express breast milk and requires insurance companies to cover breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling at no cost to mothers. This ACA benefit does not extend to all Medicaid recipients or women in the WIC program."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Legislative and regulatory efforts are needed to provide comprehensive coverage for all women and reduce disparities in breastfeeding."

For more information on this research see: Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2015;62(5):1071-1091,CP1. Pediatric Clinics of North America can be contacted at: W B Saunders Co-Elsevier Inc, 1600 John F Kennedy Boulevard, Ste 1800, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2899, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Pediatric Clinics of North America - www.journals.elsevier.com/pediatric-clinics-of-north-america/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S.S. Hawkins, Boston College, Sch Law, Newton Center, MA 02459, United States. Additional authors for this research include S. Dow-Fleisner and A. Noble (see also Affordable Care Act).

Keywords for this news article include: Newton Center, Massachusetts, United States, Affordable Care Act, North and Central America

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