The cold, stark reality of the thing is that you DO deserve the shot more than a 70 year old person with a heart condition. You are young and working hard and paying taxes into the System. The System counts on many more years of productivity from you. The 70 year old with the heart condition is most likely retired and withdrawing from the System. While he probably paid into the System all his life, with inflation and the rising costs of healthcare, if he hasn't taken more from the Sytem than he put in he soon will.