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This is a post from [2016] The hospital and various people working in the industry have explained the reasons. This story went out of proportions because every

This is a post from [2016] The hospital and various people working in the industry have explained the reasons. This story went out of proportions because everyone was busy being outraged and no one wanted an explanation. The father himself tried to calm people down by saying he wasn't outraged and he doesn't find it unreasonable but that too was ignored by some media outlets. “During a caesarean, many people become shaky, nauseous, uncomfortable, even faint. These are normal physiological reactions. In order to facilitate skin to skin in the OR, an extra nurse needs to be available to assist. And before people scream that ‘there’s a nurse for the baby’, there is, but that nurse has other responsibilities in the OR. They aren’t either holding the baby or twiddling their thumbs. So yes, an extra nurse is needed.” [0] “Only in the case of a C-section birth is an additional nurse brought into the operating room,” the statement said. [1] ----------------------------- [0]https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/why-you-might-get-charged-for-skin-to-skin-after-a-c-section/ https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/why-you-might-get-c... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/business/how-much-is-it-worth-to-hold-your-newborn-40-apparently.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/business/how-much-is-it-w...

vorotato 10y ago
In short, it's passing the buck for having the nurse handle more responsibilities than is reasonable, and not hiring enough nurses.
nuovoanno 10y ago
In most (?) European countries giving birth is completely free, there is no bill that you have to pay at all; with or without c-section and independently from the number of nurses and/or doctors that are assisting you
- dogma1138 10y ago
  It's not free, it's covered by either taxes in countries with a single payer system like the U.K. Or Franace or your mandatory insurance in countries without one like Germany or the Netherlands.
DanBC 10y ago
The point is that giving birth can suddenly involve a bunch of extra care, and thus in the US it's impossible to plan costs. That makes the free market argument a nonsense.

vorotato 10y ago

In short, it's passing the buck for having the nurse handle more responsibilities than is reasonable, and not hiring enough nurses.

nuovoanno 10y ago

In most (?) European countries giving birth is completely free, there is no bill that you have to pay at all; with or without c-section and independently from the number of nurses and/or doctors that are assisting you

dogma1138 10y ago
It's not free, it's covered by either taxes in countries with a single payer system like the U.K. Or Franace or your mandatory insurance in countries without one like Germany or the Netherlands.

DanBC 10y ago

The point is that giving birth can suddenly involve a bunch of extra care, and thus in the US it's impossible to plan costs. That makes the free market argument a nonsense.