The government would simply do it worse at a vastly higher cost — a cost to unconnected tax payers instead of to folks voluntarily supporting it with their time & money.
No, you misunderstand. Go back and read my post. I don’t care who runs the program, I want the recipient/families, those benefiting, to pay for it. I don’t suggest it become more gov’t affliated. I don’t believe it is the responsibility of the taxpayers to feed the elderly.