Maybe old people should only receive healthcare that is equal to their demographic regardless of their need in order to achieve "fairness". But, wait! What about "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"? What a dilemma! But, not to worry. The One has the answer: End of Life counselling that will shove those old-and-in-the-way types off the precipice. Doesn't that sound progressive? I've had to deal with healthcare in Europe and Canada personally. The U.S. is far superior to both. Have you ever been ill overseas? If not, you are a know nothing, but like all progressives you have an opinion you feel is so important that we should all hear it. A far better plan is opening doors to real competition so that Americans have the opportunity to purchase what they want and can afford. This is called freedom. Funny how progressives want the freedom to do as they please, but also want to curtail anyone else's freedom to purchase healthcare as they wish. What kind of freedom exists when the FedGov tells me I cannot purchase medical care directly or indirectly from a doctor? Progressives have lost the very concept of freedom. You are so in love with Marxism that you would gladly trade your freedom for it. Luckily, the rest of us (y'know, the ones who actually work) are willing to assert that there is no crackpot utopian economic/political model for which we will trade our freedom. Mike | 10.30.09 @ 6:34PM