What seems to be missing here is the fact that the reimbursement rates for Medicaid patients is below what it costs to provide the service. 40% of doctors don’t accept Medicaid patients for that reason. If the government forces doctors in private practice to accept all Medicaid patients, the doctors will go broke.
Exactly, any attempt to actually force doctors to work for a loss would be nothing less than an attempt to kill them outright. You cannot force people into such a corner unless you are intent on bloodshed. I only wish rats were that stupid.