Private health Insurance Company, Golden Showers, denied Patty Johnson a policy because she had to have a C-section to deliver her baby. It seems that Caesareans put the insuree at greater risk for the procedure in the future and Golden Showers does not want the higher bills to be done unto them.
Pre-existing conditions have been generally accepted as a fair reason for a medical insurance disqualification but when over 30% of deliveries are C-sections, it hardly resembles a disease.
Hollywood Dr Woodsie Tiger, obstetrician to the stars, explained the many good reasons for the rise in C-sections: "Sometimes the mom to be has places to go and things to do. One of my starlets had a big photo shoot and the added frontal baggage would not have been complimentary. Sometimes the doctor's schedule dictates the choice of procedure. Once I had a tee time Arnold Palmer would have died for and Madonna and child were happy to be born like Roman royalty (without the maternal death, this time!)"
Golden Showers spokesperson, Chiseler Frawd defended the company policy: "Golden Shower's Mission statement declares that our company will do unto others as we would be done unto. If our corporation needed a C-section to deliver, say, a smaller affiliate, we would not expect our insurer, Dewey, Cheatem and Howe to cover us for future procedures that require surgeons to cut little companies out of our corporate uterus. When you join Golden Showers, you live by the golden rule as we do, even if it kills you."
