[Uncle Bill]

Medicare's Right To Die - By Michael Arnold Glueck, M.D. and Robert J. Cihak, M.D.
"Cars are just too expensive for seniors, proclaimed the politician when he unveiled his new plan. The bill passed, and so the government collected money from every worker's paycheck to buy the cars, then paid the dealers about 20 percent of the market prices.

Soon every senior had a car through the government program cleverly called "AutoCare." But there were some problems. First, the showrooms of some dealers were cleaned out as seniors clamored for luxury cars for the government's bargain-basement payments. Some dealers were run out of business because they had to sell so many pricey cars at a loss.

It just got worse for everyone when cars became more expensive because seniors demanded better and more extravagant cars. When there was a shortage of cars, seniors tried to buy cars on their own with their own money. But the government said that was illegal, and threw the dealers in jail. Federal agents mobilized seniors to rat out dealers who told the government the car was blue, when really it was green-blue.

The final straw was the rebellion of the younger citizens when they found out they were paying for seniors' new Broncos when they were still driving old Pintos.

Seem ridiculous? Just substitute Medicare for AutoCare, doctors for dealers and you get the picture."

[Uncle Bill]

Graham Seeks Medicare Reversal
"One provision in the Medicare bill that comes to the Senate floor today reverses the 1996 welfare reform that barred many legal immigrants from receiving federal Medicaid funds.

Sponsored by Sen. Bob Graham, Florida Democrat, the provision would allow federal funding to cover all immigrant children and pregnant women as part of those medical assistance programs."