[bzbarsky]

> but most non-boutique antibiotics are dirt cheap

The whole problem with MRSA is that you need boutique antibiotics to treat it! You don't have to be a doctor to know that, by the way; Wikipedia will tell you that part.

Agreed with you on the baby delivery part. Though it only costs that much in a hospital. In states where alternate arrangements involving a midwife are legal (not Illinois!) the cost can be much more reasonable for a no-complications birth.