skio:No. Mega side eye. Pretty sure VBACs are becoming more common than they have been in previous years.
This- also agree with pp that said VBACs are cheaper for the insurance companies. I paid the same out of pocket for both births but my c/s was over $40,000 and my VBAC was $9,000. Pretty sure insurance companies prefer to pay less.
When people say some insurance companies push for c/s's they are referring to the malpractice insurance on the doctors. Regardless of outcome, people are more likely to sue if something goes wrong during a vaginal birth than a surgical one (presumably because people believe that since surgery was being done, they pulled out all the stops for the birth- not realizing that sometimes the surgery itself causes the death). Was your doctor referring to her own insurance? Or is she just blowing smoke?