They’re never going to be repealed.
The GOP doesn’t want to be seen as adverse to seniors and it doesn’t want to be accused of lacking empathy for the poor.
Medicare and Medicaid can be reformed but doing away with them is courting political suicide.
For the GOP, its important to show its not the party of Big Business and Wall Street - that it responds to the concerns and needs of Main Street America.
People should take care of themselves. We have had too much of the government “responding to the concerns” of everyone with his hand out. ENOUGH! We are creating a weak society that is dependent on the nanny state for every damned thing.