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Unnecessary C-sections more common at for-profit hospitals

Critics who long suspected that unnecessary C-sections were performed to pad bottom lines now have ammunition. For-profit hospitals are more likely to perform cesarean sections for nonmedical reasons Read more...

Hospital cuts C-section rate, leading to healthier babies

June 16 might seem like a great day to give birth, but planning a C-section, or being talked into it for convenience (of either the patient or the physician) may be bad for the baby. Tallahassee Read more...

Many online health shoppers 'uninsurable'

Some of the leading health reform schemes being floated to solve the health coverage crisis--including the proposal advanced by Sen. John McCain--assume that individuals can benefit more by shopping Read more...