They won't do it. Stop wishing for it and replace them.
Should be mediCAID for all.
Medicaid is sadly less popular then Medicare because Americans don't sympathize with the poor / don't think they'll be poor while they know they'll eventually be old and need Medicare.
Medicaid only pays providers about 2/3 of what Medicare pays for the same services, so a lot of primary care doctors don't take Medicaid patients. This leads to delayed care and overuse of the ER.
Medicaid has way too many restrictions applied against coverage. You basically have to be poor, in order to qualify for coverage.
Medicare doesn't have those restrictions. It's basically just age-related...so expanding it just means making the same coverage available to more age-brackets.
A lot more doctors accept Medicare than accept Medicaid, so treatments are easier to access and outcomes are better.
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