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To: Road Walker who wrote (505405)	8/17/2009 8:24:12 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578155

Nice to know there are people out there anxious to deny treatment to old folks. Course they're doing it out of compassion for kids, though there's no reason to think kids are suffering due to too much being spent on old folks.

To: Road Walker who wrote (505405)	8/17/2009 9:57:41 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578155

I am not, of course, talking about euthanasia. I’m just wondering why the nation continues incurring enormous debt to pay for bypass surgery and titanium-knee replacements for octogenarians and nonagenarians, when for just a small fraction of those costs we could provide children with preventive health care and nutrition. Eight million children have no health insurance, but their parents pay 3 percent of their salaries to Medicare to make sure that seniors get the very best money can buy in prescription drugs for everything from restless leg syndrome to erectile dysfunction, scooters and end-of-life intensive care. I wonder how much they spend on those suggestive Cialis and Viagra commercials running so frequently these days. Al