The whole "health insurance for the poor" scheme cannot work, for one additional simple reason: the poor will continually demand access to the same level of treatment that the wealthy get, and there isn't enough money in the world to do that.
There are lots and lots of things that can be done to extend life, and as time goes by the range of things that can be done, grows ever-larger. Organ transplants, joint replacements, 24/7 nursing care for the aged -- there isn't enough money to give all that to the poor for free, and NO politician is going to tell the underclass "No, you are not worth the expense".
“There are lots and lots of things that can be done to extend life, and as time goes by the range of things that can be done, grows ever-larger. Organ transplants, joint replacements, 24/7 nursing care for the aged — there isn’t enough money to give all that to the poor for free, and NO politician is going to tell the underclass “No, you are not worth the expense”.”
The truth. An ugly truth, but the truth nonetheless.
Worse, poorer people have habits that make them less healthy - eating garbage food to excess out of boredom, smoking, drinking, taking drugs (and not even prescription drugs, but dangerous home-brew stuff from who-knows-where), fooling around...why isn’t anyone addressing THAT?