IN its 2019–20 pre-Budget submission, Private Healthcare Australia (PHA), the private health insurance industry’s peak representative body, made the following statement: “ … in 2015, between 42% and 60% of planned caesarean sections performed before 39 weeks’ gestation did not have a medical or obstetric indication, and between 10% and 22% of caesarean sections performed … Continue reading Elective caesareans in private health insurers’ crosshairs