Insurance companies and their political allies are trying to eviscerate and privatize Medicare and seniors and people with disabilities are suffering as a result. If Dr. Mehmet Oz is confirmed as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), these attacks are likely to move into overdrive. Dr. Oz has endorsed expanding privatized Medicare, which would leave more Americans at the whim of greedy health insurance corporations. We should be strengthening Medicare by improving it, not weakening it through further privatization.
In an ideal world yes, it should support citizens. In our actual country? It’s clearly supporting business.
100%, and no, I don’t think there is a clear way out of it.