Socialized Health Care in the USA

[--Pete]

Hi,

We are supposed to have this Medicaid program, but it obviously has flaws. "It is estimated that approximately 60 percent of poor Americans are not covered by Medicaid."

One major flaw is that it is an 'opt-in' program. An eligible person would have to fill out an application to join. Considering the mental state, intelligence, and educational level of many who are eligible, I doubt that many of them could fill out that application. Many probably do not even know that they are eligible, that Medicare even exists or what it is, or where to go to get it.

A national program that covers everybody would at least solve that problem.

--Pete