Isn’t the Medicaid system completely flawed?

Among certain segments of the population in particular, there is a strong push for Medicaid.

On the other hand, Medicaid has two systemic design flaws that will have a devastating impact on America, including on those who demand it, don’t you agree?

– First, Medicaid requires massive government spending — and large-scale government spending, contrary to what Keynesian theory might suggest, always tends to drive inflation regardless of economic conditions. We already have people who genuinely struggle to afford basic necessities. Deliberately pushing prices higher on top of that — is that truly the right call?

　Rather than forcing a choice between bread and healthcare, shouldn’t we wait until everyone’s personal financial situation has improved enough that both are within reach?

– Second, economics demands a balance between supply and demand. Medicaid dramatically expands demand for medical services while doing nothing to grow the supply side — the clinics, hospitals, and providers needed to handle that demand. The result is overcrowded waiting rooms, triage decisions made under pressure, inevitable mistakes, and a growing risk of in-facility infection spread. Left unaddressed, this could become the seedbed for the next pandemic.

Setting aside those who would face life-threatening situations without coverage, these two consequences lead to a straightforward conclusion:

Shouldn’t implementation be actively postponed until:

– Medical capacity is strong enough that, even with everyone flooding the system, patients can still be seen within 15 minutes, and

– Income levels across all brackets have risen enough that inflation is no longer a real burden on anyone?

Until both conditions are met, isn’t a deliberate delay the more responsible choice?

Inducing new inflationary trends in a way that forces currently non-SNAP-dependent individuals into a position where SNAP enrollment becomes unavoidable is something that should not be done.

I’d like to hear what others think about these two sides of the issue.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Note: I apologize. I acknowledge that I used Google Translate and AI tools such as Claude when translating from Japanese to English.

Furthermore, I acknowledge and apologize for the fact that AI — at least in its pre-generative form — is already fully embedded in every aspect of daily life in our country without exception: from the internal operations of the smartphone used to post here, to the transmission and reception of Wi-Fi signals, to obtaining information for democratic judgment from television, to the proper distribution of electricity, to the operation of television receivers, to all home appliances, and further to all infrastructure of daily life such as traffic signals and train operations, along with everything else — making it utterly impossible to refuse its use in any context whatsoever.

I humbly acknowledge the above matter and offer my sincerest apologies to everyone.