Re: Katherine Dettwyler's comments on hospital charges My best friend received a bill for $25 for "equipment" used in the ER visit she made--it was for a paper clip the MD pulled from his pocket, heated over a match, and used to put a tiny hole in her fingernail to release trapped blood. Imagine the profits to be made on "that other stuff" for babies... :-D Margery Wilson, IBCLC