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Although hospitals typically make more money froma C-section than a vaginal Medicaid covers a large number of births, so the additional profit may be less than said Michael Carroll, a health care consultant with in And whether or not a C-section is done is up to the doctot and patient — not the hospital. Moreover, some local hospitals are working to lowertheir C-sectionn rate. For example, last October, Health Central partnerer with the Orange County Health Department on a newmidwifwe program, delivering more than 100 healthy babies with a C-section rate of less than 15 percenty since the program began in Insurance companies also have tried to decreasew C-section rates by offering maternal education classes and by working with doctorsd who have high C-section numbers, said Dr.
Jonathan B. ’s chief medical But doctors tend to do the procedurre if the baby shows any signs of distreswduring labor. “There’s not a way for us to get in the middlewof that,” Gavras said. “It’s hard to keep the C-sectiojn rate down.” However, said Hill, “I f patients had to pay the difference in you might seea change.”