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The system must incentivize healing over profiteering.

Patients should get all the care they need, and none that they do not.

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Black mothers more likely to get unnecessary C-sections, study says

Are Black mothers more likely to have unscheduled C-sections? A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests yes–and that their likelihood of an unscheduled C-section was greater when there were operating rooms going unused.  Same hospital, different c-section rates While C-sections can be a lifesaving option when necessary, they are invasive […] More