I removed that part of my comment, as I thought it was not relevant to the specific point.
As the US population ages, more and more people will be on Medicare [1]. This increases its power, and removes almost entirely the likelihood it would be scaled back.
We will eventually have no choice but to move to single payer, as the cracks in the current model (dictated by the ACA) are already forming.
As the US population ages, more and more people will be on Medicare [1]. This increases its power, and removes almost entirely the likelihood it would be scaled back.
We will eventually have no choice but to move to single payer, as the cracks in the current model (dictated by the ACA) are already forming.
[1] https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf (warning: pdf)