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Article: Dad battles insurer over breast milk
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 11, 2002
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NEVADA CITY, Calif.--Wesley Forslund-Mooers is a sturdy 6-month-
old with rosy cheeks and lively blue eyes. He scoots. He coos. He
offers his toothless smile to anyone who catches his eye.
His robust health, says his dad, is due in large measure to breast
milk. He believes the milk not only sustains Wesley, but arms him
against any number of maladies he may face down the road.
But because Wesley's breast milk does not come from his own
mother, it is also the source of a brewing battle between Wesley's
father and his health insurance company, Blue Cross of California.
The battle began shortly after Wesley's mother, 31-year-old Sarah
Forslund, died of a massive stroke just three days after his ...