Stupid wokeness aside, there’s a financial scam going on here that makes the Somalans look like careful stewards of the public purse

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The Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition posted that this August for National Breastfeeding Month, though they have since deactivated their Instagram page (any guesses why?).

National Breastfeeding Month is for every family.

We're proud to celebrate and uplift trans lactation, chestfeeding, and Two-Spirit families during National Breastfeeding Month.

Every family deserves affirming, respectful, and evidence-based care.

Creating inclusive spaces means recognizing that parents use different words to describe their feeding journeys, and honoring each person's identity and lived experience.

When healthcare, communities, and support systems are inclusive, families are better able to meet their feeding goals and feel empowered along the way.

Milk makes families, and every family belongs.

Turns out, there’s an entire “industry” milking at the public’s teat

Checking out the Maine Breastfeeders website, I was dismayed to discover that there’s something called a “professional lactation consultant” whose services, by dictate of ObamaKare, must be reimbursed 100%, with no co-pay allowed. Now a small portion of that income stream is in jeopardy, at least for United HealthCare insureds, and the leeches are horrified: starting September 1st, United will pay for just one consulting and education session for the lactating “person” per day, and will not cover a seperate charge for the infant, no doubt because of a reasonable assumption that such a seperate charge has everything to do with double-billing, and nothing to do with any possible benefit a 6-week-old baby can receive from her own a consultation with a trained professional lactation expert.

From the breastfeeders’ own website:

In June, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) published an update bulletin that, among other things, announced a revision to UHC’s reimbursement policy on the billing code S9443 – typically used to cover no-copay lactation education and counseling.

Specifically, UHC will only reimburse claims submitted for the lactating parent, not the infant. The health insurer is also limiting the number of sessions that it will reimburse to one per day.

The changes will go into effect on September 1.
What this means for lactation professionals.

This change only applies to patients with a UHC health insurance plan and only to billing code S9443. Depending on a provider’s licenses and practice setting, other evaluation and management billing codes might still be available unchanged. UHC is not eliminating coverage for preventive lactation services (that would be illegal: see below) nor lowering rates for these services.

However, this change will have the effect of reducing payments to lactation professionals who will no longer be able to bill for both members of the breastfeeding dyad nor for multiple consultations provided in the same day. 

Digging a little further into this subject, I discovered that it’s a nationwide racket that even has its own business consultants for lactose consultants. And while I couldn’t find a calculation of the total amount spent by insurance companies and the various states and the federal government, I did learn that there’s big money in that there milk:

Lactation Consultant Salary in the United States

How much does a Lactation Consultant make in the United States?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Lactation Consultant in the United States is $111,543 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $54.

However, a Lactation Consultant's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $125,627

  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $99,799 to $118,915

  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $89,107

How many other niche “medical” problems have revenue centers like this one? I have no idea, but I’m sure we’re spending billions and billions of dollars on them. It’s no wonder there’s such fierce resistance to Trump’s administration investigating them.