This is the ultimate problem with bipartisan politics. Here's how you fix health care. Right now, to get Medicare you have to be 65. To get Medicaid you need a certain income which differs from state to state. Fine. In his first term, Obama should have lowered the Medicare qualifying age to 60 and raised the Medicaid qualifying income by 10%. Both are incremental changes that don't require massive systemic change. In his second term, he should have lowered Medicare to 55 and raised the Medicaid income level another 10%. If every president did that, in a few terms almost everyone would have government coverage. At no point would there have been huge changes or immediate outrage because of the scope of the change. But everyone wants full healthcare now. For 50 years they've been demanding it. Had they started this 50 years ago, they'd be there now.
This is the ultimate problem with bipartisan politics.
ReplyDeleteHere's how you fix health care. Right now, to get Medicare you have to be 65. To get Medicaid you need a certain income which differs from state to state.
Fine. In his first term, Obama should have lowered the Medicare qualifying age to 60 and raised the Medicaid qualifying income by 10%. Both are incremental changes that don't require massive systemic change.
In his second term, he should have lowered Medicare to 55 and raised the Medicaid income level another 10%. If every president did that, in a few terms almost everyone would have government coverage. At no point would there have been huge changes or immediate outrage because of the scope of the change. But everyone wants full healthcare now. For 50 years they've been demanding it. Had they started this 50 years ago, they'd be there now.