Yes, the ultimate goal of the left is to have private insurance fail by design by putting so many mandates on the private carriers so that their policies will become priced out of the general marketplace. Then Big Brother will come to the rescue and offer an "affordable" plan, one size fits all, i.e., single payer. Problem is that everywhere it's been tried, the quality of care deteriorates, yet the expense to taxpayers is prohibitive.
Medicaid is the doorway that single-payer is going to be implemented through.
Governors are enabling that transition. Obama will have the states implement single-payer for him through state Medicaid programs.
I don't necessarily agree with that. I'm aware that some states, even with GOP governors, have opted to participate in the Medicaid part of Obamacare, at least for now. But there will be some holdouts that will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into it. That would require even more federal legislation. But it's difficult to foresee the entire population accepting Medicaid or something like it, because it's a poverty program with all the attendant problems in obtaining access to quality care.
“But it’s difficult to foresee the entire population accepting Medicaid or something like it, because it’s a poverty program with all the attendant problems in obtaining access to quality care. “
I can see your point but it can morph into something else and be shoved on the public at large. How many times has that happened before with a government program. Social Security wasn’t supposed to be a retirement program either but that’s what it has become to millions of Americans.
SSI/SSD wasn’t supposed to be a catch all for disability but that has what they have become. Including kids.