[muir_redwoods]

"No hospital will "kick you out" if you break out your American Express card. I think it's nuts that women are sent home so quickly. Who cares if insurance won't cover a couple of extra days? Pay for it yourself and rest up."

Hospitals are rife with infection opportunities and a patient who can leave should. They are very unhealthful places.

[utahagen]

OK, you may be right on the infection score. But most of the people I know who leave hospitals within hours of having babies are doing so because they'd have to pay their own way. I find this baffling and nutty, given these same people spend over $100 a month on cable TV.