C-Sections

• Many insurance companies consider C-Sections a "pre-existing condition."

Allyson Kapin: Health Insurance Companies Tell Women: You're a Pre-Existing Condition 2009

Note: Approximately 30% of births are via C-Sections.

Allyson Kapin: Health Insurance Companies Tell Women: You're a Pre-Existing Condition 2009

Why are some middle-class women denied health insurance coverage if they had C-Sections? by Anne Hart

Why are some middle-class women denied health insurance coverage if they had C-Sections? 2009

Why are some middle-class women denied health insurance coverage if they had C-Sections?

Why are some middle-class women denied health insurance coverage if they had C-Sections? 2009

C-Sections are a VERY BIG deal and are major abdominal surgery. 90% of the so-called “emergency” c-sections performed in this country are due to unnecessary medical interventions performed while in the hospital.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Refusal to Consent to Caesarean Section as Neglect of the Child? 2009

In Colorado, a subsidiary of United Health, one of the biggest insurance companies in the nation, "simply rejects" women who have had C-Sections.

Allyson Kapin: Health Insurance Companies Tell Women: You're a Pre-Existing Condition 2009

Anyways, I just wanted a little rant; the alarming rise in C-Sections in America is a scary topic, and I don't think it's funny at all.

Belly Cakes, Continued Jen 2009

There's something to be said for good old fashion C-Sections!

Mary Shelley Had NO IDEA 2008

If you look at the numbers, if you look at the fact that we have the second worst infant mortality rate in the developed world, and the maternal death rate in this country is on rise, and yet C-Sections, women -- one in three women are getting a C-Section here in this country.

CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2008 2008

You can be PRO-hospital and still against the ABUSE of C-Sections.

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