If so, do conservatives want to privatize it or get rid of it? If so, why don't they say so? If not, then why are they against anything government run except for Medicare and Social Security?
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Yeah, of course it is. Before they were passed, many Republicans screamed that Social Security and Medicare were Communist and Socialist and generally evil. Now the programs are *very* popular, and hardly anyone wants to give them up. Bush made a strong effort to sell us on privatization, but nobody was buying, so he gave it up. If the Republicans were to openly state that they are against these programs, and put this on their platform, it would be decades before they recover from the damage it would cause their party. Yes it's true that the Medicare is facing financial trouble.. This has nothing to do with the fact that it's a single payer system. It's related to the baby boomers starting to collect benefits. This would be a problem for any insurance policy that covers seniors. If it were private insurance, what would they do? Increase the cost of premiums, and/or reduce benefits. That is what Medicare will have to do as well.
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