Medicare, which provides health insurance to 40 million elderly Americans, is projected to go bankrupt by 2008. What do you think about this impending crisis?

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  If God had meant for us to help the aged and infirm, He certainly would have put it in The Bible.

  Harriet Alston
  Operator

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  I'm doing my part to save Medicare by turning all the IV drips in my hospital to half-power.

  Randall Essian
  Hospital Administrator

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  Why should we keep offering the elderly all these free handouts? They're just going to spend it all on a bunch of dialysis and shit.

  Victor Keough
  Electrician

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  So what if a few million old people die? Are they, like, scarce or something?

  Iris Heaverlo
  Student

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  Somebody in Washington should call for health-care reform.

  Lawrence Dilone
  Systems Analyst

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  How much could it cost to shut away the elderly with a black-and-white TV and some cat food? A couple hundred a year?

  David Armas
  Sales Clerk