I think there is room for improvement on both points.
My definition:
Mediacaid is a government program that takes tax money from the producers in this country, who have no say in the matter, and gives it away to the medical community in the various states to serve those supposed poor, disabled, and elderly who ostensibly cannot pay for their health care.
Definitions provided by others:
InvestorWords
A program, funded by the federal and state governments, which pays for medical care for those who can’t afford it. The program typically helps low-income individuals or families, as well as elderly or disabled individuals. To receive Medicaid, an individual must meet certain requirements (such as income level), and also must go through an application process. Although all states participate in the Medicaid program, each state manages their own program, and is able to set different requirements and other guidelines.
Investopedia:
DEFINITION OF ‘MEDICAID’
A joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long-term medical and custodial care, provided they qualify. Although largely funded by the federal government, Medicaid is run by the state where coverage may vary.
Dictionary.com:
a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
The bottom line of course is Government at the Federal level has no mandate in the Constitution to take from the haves to give to the assumed have nots other than some democrat congressman’s desire to have everyone feeling good about themselves having helped the poor, not out of altruism, but through outright theft by government.
We assume social insurance is good for the welfare of society.
Every civilized society provides for its least fortunate. It defines who are we are.
It separates us from the barbarians of the past and today who say today nothing we do makes a difference.
We’re better off because of it and God asks us to do it as an ethical obligation and not because we feel like being generous.