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America's Most Hated Insurer Found a New Way to Cut Off Newborns. It's Also Illegal.
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10:37Now PlayingStarting September 1, 2026, UnitedHealthcare — the largest health insurer in the country — will stop separately reimbursing lactation consultants for the baby's portion of a home visit, paying only for the mother.
The company calls it eliminating "duplicate payments." Lactation consultants like New Jersey's Danielle Tropea say it cuts their reimbursement roughly in half — from about $250 to around $125 — for the same visit, the same baby, the same work.
The Affordable Care Act mandates breastfeeding support at no cost to families, so this is a billing-code workaround on a benefit the law guarantees. Here's how the trick works, and who actually pays for it.
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STAT News "UnitedHealthcare's lactation billing feud, and fake strokes"
WHYY "N.J. breastfeeding service providers face pay cuts with UnitedHealthcare insurance's lactation billing change"
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