Kat--people with money can afford to do lots of things the rest of us can't. Id like to live in a mansion overlooking, say, Malibu rather than where I do in a 1200sqft house. I'd like to spend six months a year at sea on a world cruise, instead of a two week vacation to Branson.

I'd like to have the world's best heart surgeon if I have another heart attack, instead of the schlub my HMO will probably provide. And the very latest medicines, not just effective medicines but the very newest ones. Bill Gates will get it, why shouldn't I? or you?

I'd like to be 6'2" instead of a shrinking 5'9". Maybe the state or county should pay for experimental spinal insertions for me, or thigh extensions. I have rights too!

Why do people have the right to live beyond their means, or do things which consequences of they are going to foist on others...the taxpayer?

The world has gone topsy-turvy in the past forty-five years. Many people don't have a sense of personal responsibilty these days. These woman and this doctor are prime examples of that.