Restore Medicaid’s intent: Prioritize the most vulnerable over able-bodied childless adults

Prepare for a lot of this ahistorical nonsense as the Republicans ramp up their effort to give money to billionaires by taking it away from everyone else. In fact, Medicaid grew out of Harry Truman’s push for universal healthcare and was envisioned as one of the first steps (along with Mediare) on that path by Lyndon Johnson, who was a savvy enough politican to get what he could passed instead of waiting for perfection.