In December 6th 2008's New York Times is the story of a woman who had her midwife provoke her birth, ahead of term obviously, how much is not said... can we tell by looking at the baby?, so that she could profit from her failing employer's comprehensive health care program...the baby was expelled (to use the French, phase d'expulsion) surely more in line with an artificially propelled birth than a natural one, and her company failed, she is unemployed, and then, to top off the end of the year cake, her insurer refused to pay for the birth, that's 17K$ in unpayable - for the time being - medical expenses. Don't you hope the President elect will help remedy this particularly gruesome state of affairs where people are forced to run their bodies through the wringer in hopes of benefiting from their company's health plan, in this case haste was paramount since the company was going to do a Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaration, or rather people force this on themselves rather than facing the uncertainties of no insurance...