Childbirth Connection

January 7, 2013 – Private businesses and federal and state governments could save billions of dollars if the quality of maternity care in America were improved, based on data in The Cost of Having a Baby in the United States, a new report issued by Childbirth Connection, Catalyst for Payment Reform, and the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The report shows that the high proportion of babies delivered by cesarean section costs commercial insurance plans and state/federal Medicaid programs thousands of dollars more per birth than vaginal births and the differ