Mr. Moneybags enjoys his health care | May 24 editorial cartoons

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An elegantly dressed man, resembling Mr. Moneybags, reclines in a ship's deck chair, IV fluids dripping into his arm. He sips a martini, seemingly oblivious to Uncle Sam, who hangs from the IV stand beside him. Uncle Sam wears a coat labeled "Medicare and Medicaid Cuts." A life preserver nearby reads "1st Class Use Only," as the ship sails on rough seas.

A six-panel cartoon depicts a man's perplexing day. In the first panel, a car with the license plate "8647" is shown. The second panel shows the man looking at a bill totaling "$86.47". In the third, he is on a golf course as someone shouts "FORE!" while looking at a scorecard with with "8" and "6" and "7" circled. The fourth panel shows a spiky-haired person in a "47" shirt holding eight e-cigarettes, causing the man to exclaim, "EIGHT E-CIGS?" The fifth panel features a crossword puzzle with the words "Ate" "Tease" and "SICS"Finally, the man in the sixth panel looks at his phone and says, "SECRET SERVICE? BETTER COME GET ME..."

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