Sounds like this is actually a pretty reasonable practice. You know that the NY Times would be hammering any sort of unethical results of this practice but this

Sounds like this is actually a pretty reasonable practice. You know that the NY Times would be hammering any sort of unethical results of this practice but this is the worst that the author can come up with: > [Rich patient to author:] "Doctor, I’d feel more comfortable if we stayed [at the hospital] another night, just to be safe.” > Although there was no medical reason for him to stay, I smiled politely and said, “Yes, that’s absolutely fine.” Interesting story overall. I get the sense that the NY Times desperately wants there to be a class warfare angle here but seems pretty well handled by the doctors and the hospital.