Medicare doesn’t cover a damn thing. Taxpayers do, it’s just that government/lobbists/etc gets a taste as the $ flow through.
If the goal was better medical care, Fedzilla would get the bleep out if the way and allow a thriving insurance market to flourish. And provide taxpayer subsidized coverage to the truly indigent.
But Medicare, like every other effing government program, is really about control.
“Medicare doesn’t cover a damn thing.”
You are thinking of Medicaid. Medicare has a monthly premium deducted from me SS payment.