“To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December 8, 2003, demonstrated that there is no debate about this most fundamental fact: Medicare must survive.”
| Robert T. Bakker, Scientist (1945) |
| Joseph Barbera, Cartoonist (1911) |
| Joel Barlow, Poet (1754) |
| Thomas Dewey, Politician (1902) |
| R. Lee Ermey, Soldier (1944) |
| Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet (1919) |
| Dario Fo, Playwright (1926) |
| Alyson Hannigan, Actress (1974) |
| John Harrison, Inventor (1693) |
| David Irving, Author (1938) |
| Alexander Alekhine, Celebrity (1946) |
| Walter Bagehot, Author (1877) |
| John Harrison, Inventor (1776) |
| Arne Jacobsen, Architect (1971) |