When Fallon and Colbert are off the air, Oliver will still be here. This format just works. He’s easily got another decade and change.

I'm 31 years old and am on Social Security and Medicaid. I work and I feel trapped as I'm not allowed to earn above a set amount per year or lose both SSI and Medicaid completely. Yet, there are so many strings attached to the point that it's a poverty trap I never wanted to be in. I want everyone to have universal healthcare.

My mother has to re-enroll my younger disabled brother EVERY year for Medicaid. And they are constantly finding new ways to try to knock him off Medicaid, including stating that he needed to be working in order to qualify. Mentally disabled, unable to speak, and barely able to walk, he is completely dependent on my mother for all his care, including bathing. Medicaid refused to believe that he was disabled, regardless of the doctor's note, so one year, my mom took him to the SS office, where he proceeded to yell, knock over chairs, and cause a ruckus. It took them 10 seconds to realize he was unable to work and approved his Medicaid. Until the following year when she had to re-enroll him again. Sigh.....

I live in NC and I’m in college. I finally have Medicaid after NC passed an expansion. I have to have two surgeries this year and I’m so thankful they’ll be covered. My doctor said one of them could technically be pushed back a few years but I said no, I want to do it while I know for sure that I have Medicaid coverage. You never know what could happen after elections

I'm a single mother of 5. I worked my ass off to get my family out of poverty and into a home of our own. Then I got a $1 an hour raise at work. My $1 extra an hour added $160 a month to my total income, but I lost both Medicaid and food stamps. Even with going to food banks every chance I could to try to help, losing my $800 a month in food stamps really hurt us. My $160 extra a month at work wasn't going to feed us all. Losing Medicaid meant I needed to add a health insurance plan at work (and for my size family, it was about $800 a month)...... so I ended up back in poverty again. It's ridiculous. Getting that raise literally cost me everything.

Everyone with Medicaid that I know is working. Their pay is just shit. People talk trash about those on medicaid like they are "taking advantage" of someone they are not. I barely make 15.00 an hour. Lost medicaid. I have fibermyalgia, rehumatoid arthritis, chronic asthma. Getting up and going to work everyday is something I do and some days it is very, very hard. Thank you John Oliver for bringing attention to this situation.

I can't tell you how disappointed I was that the closing PSA didn't end with a cutaway to Stanley Tucci gently reassuring me that I could calm my rage with a nice, refreshing negroni.

In Florida I have a patient (I am a primary care doc) who could not afford to come to a doctor - but finally went to the ER with his severe abdominal pain. They ran blood work and did a CT scan. They told him that he had metastatic pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver. He left the ER with that diagnosis. He has no money. He has no insurance. He lives in his car. I cannot even imagine how someone could deal with this even if they had money, a home, support, and access to good care with good insurance. Welcome to Florida, where I routinely advise patients to move back to the states or countries they came here from - where they had health care.

The fact that our society tries to justify which people are and aren’t deserving of basic health care tells me EXACTLY how much it values life.

John Oliver educates or at least opens the door for folks to do more research. He’s hilarious and is keeping me out of my psychiatrist’s office during these nuts times in the US

Thank you for making me so thankful to be Canadian, that is a much rarer sensation than it used to be, so it is nice to be reminded that we do at least one thing right.

That "doctor" going "Yup, sometimes we let people sit in their own shit for a few days, ain't no big deal" was really something. How is he a real person?

I literally lost my Medicaid last week and wondered why. I have 3 girls, work full time taking care of my 84yr grandma, and live with Bipolar 2 and psoriatic arthritis. I’m devastated and have no idea what to do. I have an appointment at the welfare office this week so wish me luck 😞

I realized decades ago that I needed to either squeeze myself much higher up on the socioeconomic ladder to a level unrealistic for me to attain, or impoverish myself far enough below the poverty line that I can reasonably avoid panic attacks every year when I recertify for Medicaid.

Im on medicaid. I recently was reapproved for a biologic and notified via letter. When I called the special ty pharmacy they said I had a small copay "$35,000.00". That took a while to figure out. The big problem with medicaid is the fact that as long as you need expensive care you will have to remain far below the poverty line.

That thing of "We'll give you healthcare if you're deserving" sounds a lot like eugenics.

I’m from Spain, this topic is beyond my comprehension, I just cannot understand how healthcare can be a privilege

My mom has Medicaid in California. We went through a Elder Care attorney to have them fill out the paperwork and get it set up. I was told this year that from now on they're just going to add the cola to it and if my mom's income is still below the limit the state will automatically renew it - no paperwork! Medicaid has been a lifesaver for my mom.

Been on Medicaid since I was born. My doctor would change every few years. I felt like healthcare didn’t care about me. Until I got older and realized i wasnt seeing a doctor I was seeing the students. My whole life I’ve never had a doctor.

My daughter has a medical condition and we signed her up for benefits when she was around 5 or 6. They told us there was a waiting list and put us on it. We got a letter a few weeks ago asking if we still wanted to be on the waiting list. She's 23.

People don't actually WANT to be sick or injured. "Inelastic demand" is a concept that economists ought to apply to the medical field.

I live in Idaho and when I was pregnant I was told I made $10 too much to qualify for Medicaid. My insurance also dropped me for missing one payment so I had to go through my pregnancy without any insurance until I was shipped to Oregon for complications with my kiddo. In Oregon I qualified for Medicaid.

As someone who's had employer coverage for years now, seeing that story about coverage getting illegally denied, it's not much better here on the private sector side. I've been fighting my insurance for as long as I can remember. Once they paid correctly, later did a "silent audit" and did added a negative balance to the account for the full payout amount, since they decided they didn't owe anything. For months having to pay up front and never getting reimbursed because they're paying themselves back. The company that provides my insurance (allegedly) is one of those Medicaid providers listed.

I was struggling while working at Walmart years ago so I applied for food stamps. I had to go to an interview and was told I would be approved if I got pregnant. Essentially encouraging me to get pregnant when I couldn't afford food. This system is fucked. ETA - John really needs to do a show on Walmart's exploitation of workers and how they use these systems to help them do it. Y'all should really investigate how during Obama's first election, they had meetings emphasizing that "any politician" (Obama was running heavily pro union) who supported unions was bad and against "our" values.

As a "elderly" nurse in Germany, I find it ridiculous to leave someone "dirty" for a "couple of days". Even hours are insanely bad for your skin. Does that Doctor know how wounds from stuff like that look like? I hope he gets the care he wishes for others.

Loved seeing Amber at the end!

I work in this area of healthcare, while I mostly work with Medicare now, the issues with Managed Care programs are the same. This video was so refreshing to see. You explained a lot of the bullshit in better ways than I could. I'm glad you're doing this so people can see just how badly managed our government healthcare systems are. While healthcare providers play a large role in the chaos, oftentimes it's not us when it comes to the insurance barriers. We deal with some of the same bullshit patients do unfortunately.

I work at a front desk for a clinic and I tell far too many people that their Medicaid has expired. There was one time a patient vented to me that he got the paperwork for Medicaid reapplication a month after it was due and the papers were dated stating they were mailed a week after the deadline. Just to repeat myself, the state mailed the necessary paperwork after it was already due. Absolutely ridiculous.

*I helped a relative get Medicaid. It took 6 years. They died 6 months after being told they got it. But the state never made one payment during those 6 months.* "State's rights" is a euphemism for denying citizens of rights and services.

The talking fruits and vegetables were hysterical!

My dad, who I watch Last Week Tonight with regularly, recently had a severe injury and thankfully, Medicaid is covering pretty much all of his care. Especially after seeing how bad for profit managed care organizations can be, I'm extremely grateful that our Medicaid is through a nonprofit MCO.

As soon as I saw the 🍑 commercial I was like "oh so they made this so John Oliver could do his version at the end of his segment on their fuckery"

I have lived in iowa my entire life and have spent most of my professional career providing mental health services for various companies. I can tell you for a 100% fact that no matter how bad it sounds when John talks about whats going on in Iowa.. I can tell you it is SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE. Someone please save us from this hell hole.

Just sent this vid to my wife who is at Dhs RN dealing with medicaid for our special needs daughter. Apparently they don't believe I was fired and I need to go get a school note from my old boss. Those people are CLOWNS.. oh...fun side note...IN ARKANSAS. 😂😂😂

So glad this exists. As someone who works in the healthcare industry trying to explain this to people is infinitely frustrating until they see step by step why it's broken.

I like how the graphic they chose for Medicaid was a giant maze with no way to reach the goal. Really an apt metaphor for health insurance in general.

Universal Healthcare is a must in America.

Medicaid has been a godsend to me. Being able to get the medication that I really need has made a huge difference and because of that I should be able to get a job shortly.

I am a single mother who deals with crippling anxiety, depression and a have a chronic illness that sometimes keeps me from working when I have flares. My son has social and emotional disabilities cause by my ex husband abusing us both for years, and while he may not be in the picture anymore it's taken years to start healing and dealing with it and I am now told I make too much money to have Medicaid and have lost it for both of us. I can't afford insurance, nor can I afford the medication, Dr. Visits, and therapy visits for us both.

My wife and I were kicked off Medicaid for making a few hundred dollars a year too much. She had a kidney stone and had to go to the ER several times, racking up thousands of dollars of debt. It made us consider all sorts of horrible things. We got lucky that after reaching out to our senators, congressman, and governor, the county finally got around to reviewing our new application and we were approved for the disability buy-in program after months and months of waiting, rationing medications and relying on the ER. I had to call dozens of times, sat on hold while at work, and got no-where until I wrote email after email to my representatives, complaining about the companies we've outsourced the bureaucracy to.

This is spot on. I am the office manager of an orthodontic practice that accepts Medicaid. (We are the only orthodontic office in about 100 miles of us in our state who accepts Medicaid, for good reason: Medicaid's reimbursement rate is about 40 percent of the going private pay rate.) Medicaid only pays for orthodontia when there's a handicapping malocclusion. It's not cosmetic. These are kids who are going to lose their teeth over time without treatment; yet we are seeing many children who, with this "unwinding," are losing their coverage in the middle of treatment. The parents don't magically have the money to pay for orthodontic treatment just because they were determined to be ineligible, particularly given how often it's an administrative, technical reason for being dropped and not a financial one. So in many cases, we must either terminate treatment, leaving the kid with life-long bite problems when the situation is completely out of their control, or treat kids for free. We do it when we can but it's taking its toll and it isn't sustainable.

They denied our grandchildren and denied the appeal. 4 months in and we are still waiting for the second appeal. No dental no health nothing. Couldn't put them on my policy even though I'm paying over 1700 per month

I think John Oliver's peach voice is Glen from SuperStore omg amazing

The fact health benefits are the biggest “perks” for most jobs is crazy. My job wants to pay me less because they offer benefits… that I’d still be paying for

Ok can I just say how refreshing it is to see someone care about disabled people like it’s obvious?

I so wish John Oliver's team could run a version of each episode that is safe to show in my HS classroom, safe to show my boomer relations: Either another take or just the profanity bleeped out. The content is so solid and John's presentation is engaging but the groups of people who most need to hear it probably won't because of just that. I know it's a Brit thing, but Last Week Tonight could make a bigger difference and have a bigger audience. C'mon, please?

I’m so glad this topic is getting attention. My child has been denied Medicaid services since December. Because the state changed their database system. I’ve done everything I can do but it doesn’t matter when we are one of thousands of families being denied services.

I feel so passionate about this issue. My daughter was born with a severe congenital heart defect and required the first of three surgeries called the Norwood procedure five days later. I flew, with the permission of my obstetrician, to another state where facilities were available, one for pregnancy and childbirth complications and an adjoining hospital for children, one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country. I was a very young mother with no meaningful financial resources, and the state paid for my trip, my accommodations at a charity home, and her birth, surgery, and my postnatal care and all of her medications and follow up care. It was all fully paid for 18 years, and she still receives full health care with her Medicaid and SSI. Thank whatever made it all possible. She is very healthy at the age of 27 thanks to this assistance. Everyone, every mother to be, every child, every human should have this help when they need it. Where are the forced birthers on this issue? Probably at a conservative church, praying for the end of social services that actually keep actual, living people alive, not giving a fork. Fork them. Health care for all. Now.

As a licensed PSS, when I heard that doctor say it’s okay for people to be “dirty” for a few days, I legit felt sick to my stomach. Incontinence for disabled people can be genuinely life-threatening, both physically and mentally. Horrific thing to say for a doctor.

Louie is adorable! How could anyone think that young man doesn't deserve to be squeaky clean at all times? 😋

I applied to medicaid and had to call someone to ask why it was taking so long and just got sent from person to person to person it was like they wanted me to give up and die or something

I spent years working with a government agency that interacts with Medicaid. John Oliver is spot on with this. One thing he didn't touch on is there is a significant population who have life skills issues. The forms and the instructions can be difficult for them to complete.

Stanley Tucci posing as John Oliver for an episode of LWT would be an amazing April fools day prank. And he can have "Stanley Tucci" as his guest, played by John Oliver

My son and I are disabled and receive Medicaid. My son was kicked off once before in 2017 but he was put back on. That one lapse was terrifying as he require substantial supports, most of which even private insurance will not cover and out of pocket expenses for one support alone was roughly $52,000 a year. And that last bit about waiting for up to an hour to talk to someone HA try 3 hours after which the call just drops. It took 3 months to get through to someone! This county’s healthcare system is a sick joke. In fact, the way this country treats poor and disabled people is barbaric. I’m grateful that we have social safety nets but it’s really a “beggars can’t be choosers” situation. I’m grateful for scraps.

That commercial was informative, hilarious and disturbing all in one. I love John Oliver😂

I worked in a clinic where my company would spend $42 to run a patient for lab testing. If they paid in cash, they paid just under $400 for the test. If they used medicare, we billed medicare $12500 for the test. $12460 profit on a single test, and wed run about 30 tests a day. Not only is this system broken in terms of coverage, but the overcharging of these federal programs is nothing short of gross abuse to enrich these companies and hoard wealth from the healthcare system. These companies do not make healthcare better, they leach from it and make it much much worse.

As someone who works in medicaid this is spot on. Ive been screaming about the fraud that is actually happening, and the 3rd party for profit companies, for years. They apply those same demands for making sure we are working, that they makes recipients go thru. We keep spending more time keeping the systems monitering us happy, than doing our actual work.

Yup, me too. Dropped off medicaid/medical and left with no insurance after 40 years of working I have nothing but a broken body and bills. The joke of working until we die has become a reality with no hope.

I was let go from a job and I spent two months unemployed while searching for a new job so I applied for Medicaid to tide me over. I did finally get approved: over a year later. I'd been at my new job for almost a year by then. So much for help, SC.

I was on Medicaid for several years which I was supposed to lose when I turned 65 and went on Medicare, but benefits were extended on account of the pandemic. Now that pandemic has ended, I need to get a supplement to accompany my Medicare and I am meeting with an insurance broker this afternoon. Thank goodness I live in a blue state, but UNIVERSAL Health Care is needed to fix healthcare nationwide!

"Checking people's eligibility" is an interesting way to say, "claim you sent a renewal packet which you have no record of sending, claim you sent a cancellation notice that never made it through the mail, then yank coverage two weeks into the iron infusion course for someone struggling with anemia following cancer treatment (which you INSISTED be the 8-week version not the 2-week version)."

Brilliant analysis and how he went point by point, I just hope this message reaches the masses

When my brother moved from California to Oregon, my sister and I spent months helping him with transferring social benefits from one state to another. It's all straightened out now, but it took longer than it should for someone who is disabled, and needs regular care.

The only ones “gaming the system” are these politicians and insurance companies

That "were you born" bit would have made an amazing category for an SNL jeopardy parody.

Right on, John. I’ve been in many of these situations in the past and you nailed it. My autoimmune issues went haywire around the same time I was laid off from my nonprofit job. As you can imagine I didn’t have much in the way savings having been in that world for most of my life. Thankfully with medicaid (which my state expanded to people like me eventually) I was able to see the specialists I needed to see. I’m still on my journey but Medicaid has definitely been a lifeline, even with its flaws.

I've seen every episode of this show multiple times. I'm pretty sure I laughed the hardest/longest at this one. Brilliant work.

"The Unwinding" sounds like some kind of apocalyptic event. It would be used like "What did you do before The Unwinding?" and "Where were you when The Unwinding happened?"

Once again, you can see why this show always wins at the Emmys. It's informative, humorous and has to be the only show that asks and answers, "What can we do?"

For sure open them! In some ways it's like those videos of "things you need to live the vanlife" but with excitement over the promise of making a kind person happier. Win win.

I living in CT. Out Medicaid is probably the best in the country and I feel lucky everyday for that. Most years it's automatically renewed more me, though this year, post covid emergency change I did have to update and confirm more than usual. But, it's sad all states aren't as good. I've only been denied ONCE in 4yrs for anything. It was a Med. After trying a different version of a medication, and it not working, my doctor went back to Medicaid and ask them to please cover the first medication because that's what I really needed and guess what they changed their decision they said okay and I'm not that medication and it's helping so I find husky Medicaid to be amazing. Very very lucky. Thank God!

"Prove he was born!" chant was peak of this episode

"was I born!?" That last bit killed me!

I FINALLY got on Medicaid this year. I was one of those in the 25% that was eligible according to Medicaid but they denied me because I turned in my paperwork 2 days late because they sent me the paperwork on the 28th of december and it was due the 1st.... I turned it in the 3rd. They give you so much paperwork and ask you the same questions over and over and want every piece of documentation multiple times and they are soooooo slow. Takes months to get on. I originally wanted to get on Obamacare and pay like $10 a month than to get on Medicaid cause it's that horrid to deal with. I even talked to a healthcare guy that helps people get on Medicaid and Medicare and he said cause they denied me due to me being late on paperwork and not that I wasn't eligible he couldn't help me, so I had to wait another year with no insurance cause of that. I'm physically disabled and see a pain clinic every month and it's soooo expensive so I legit needed insurance again. Thank god I have it now.

I was on Medicaid for 20 years before losing it when I moved to another state. I've got Severe Asthma that requires a nebulizer, chronic severe migraines that requires muscle relaxant and other health issues. Even though I was working full time and going to school, I couldn't afford to pay for health insurance and can't afford it now when I am only getting paid 13hr and my hours are erratic. Whenever I hear that people on Medicaid are just lazy and trying to play the system it pisses me off, why don't they try having to feed multiple mouth, have health condition and work at a job that doesn't offer a livable wage?

I am on medicaid in a west coast blue state. It was easy to apply, I was approved right away, and I received my information in the mail a couple of weeks later. It takes a long time to get an appointment to see a doctor, but that's the case for my friends with private insurance too because of the general state of our healthcare system. Knowing people who work at the nonprofit clinics that primarily serve medicaid and uninsured patients, there are huge dysfunctions there -- but there are huge dysfunctions in businesses that have nothing to do with the government too, especially the ones being bought up by private equity. This goes to show that states have the power to do medicaid right. They can, and we should demand it.

I said this many times already but I cannot stress this enough: It is absolutely surreal to me to live in a country where getting sick can mean that you go bankrupt or even worse not get the medical attention you need. Just dystopian. Never in my live did I have to worry about costs when I or a loved one got sick.

I am a michigan resident. The state took away my Medicaid because I 'didnt hand in my paystubs' (they never asked for them) and they determined I made too much money (I apparently make 100 bucks too much, which is not an accurate assessmemt of my income), and I am now paying out of pocket for some of my medications, while severely rationing others I cannot afford to pay out of pocket for. I've ended up cutting my hours to requalify for Michigan insurance, and I have to wait at least a month to have enough paystubs to demonstrate my new income level. AND I will have to be constantly vigilant in handing in paperwork to them, whether they asked for it or not. I'm gonna fucking bury them in their own bureaucracy.

My mom in Canada needed to be changed for a while and it was such a relief to have Home Care come and help her until she got back on her feet. Leaving people dirty is such a loss of human dignity. (Also: Amber Ruffin AND mark McKinney together in a PSA? That’s tv I will watch!)

Iowan here! My mom worked for a company that served adults with disabilities and when the Medicaid switch happened her company essentially went bankrupt because the state/Medicaid takeover just didn't pay the bills for all the services they provided. I love this place.

Oh no, John Oliver is talking about me 😱 NYS residents! I work with NYS medicaid, and if you've received any weird phone calls from New York state of health, I promise that's us trying to get you your renewal paperwork. If you've moved in the last four years, or someone on our end fucked up your address when you initially applied, we got it back undeliverable, and just need to confirm your address. I appreciate him saying that the workers are doing their best, and that the systems are just not up to snuff; the program we use the most is in fact from the late 70s 😭

As a nurse I am appalled by what that doctor said about being clean not only is it undignified it can contribute to sores and infections then it will cost more for care

What do you call the person that graduates last in their medical class? Doctor. Universal healthcare is a human right.

"Being denied medical care" is a boggling sentence to hear as a European. I feel for you guys

I'm disabled and one time I got paperwork from Medicaid stating I had a call to see if I was still eligible the NEXT morning and if I missed it I'd of probably lost my coverage. I'm so lucky it came when it did and that I felt well enough to open and go through it right away that day because if you try to call them no one answers, ever.

My daughter has a terminal CHD and we've been trying to get medicaid for her for the past 8 months (since the week after she was born) with no luck. I can't work because of all the care she requires, but we can't get in home help or therapies because they're taking so long to review her case.

As a Canadian it is horrifying being reminded that even basic healthcare processes are handled this way in the states. As a *disabled* Canadian, the means testing aspect is extremely relatable. For anyone who has never had to trust in one of these programs to survive, the process of filling out the piles of monthly and yearly forms, is itself more work than multiple jobs I worked when I was younger, without even getting into the anxiety of the eternal awareness that a pen stroke from a politician could functionally end your life.

Ive been working since i was 14, im 52 now. Last year i had surgery on my spine snd was septic 3 times. I was admitted to the hospital 4 times. Needless to say i didn't "quit" my job. I just physically couldn't go anymore, for like a year, they had to replace me. I then lost my insurance. I have just been denied disability. I didn't know i needed a lawyer. My 401k is depleted, And its been a nightmare dealing with Medicaid. I tried calling the state phone number, hahaha... Good luck getting ahold of a living speaking human being. I had a schedules phone interview. I called, waited on hold an hour, hung up, then got a letter saying i missed the interview. 🙄🤔

Meanwhile today I couldn't fill my prescriptions because I somehow had two medicaid accounts assigned to me, each claiming the other would cover my costs? Like seriously how is that even possible

This makes a whole lot sense to me as someone who was never notified of being taken off Medicaid. Only this fucking country, I swear. Also, the final skit with Amber Ruffin and the peach was magnificent 😂😂😂

I just got dropped at the end of March. Didn’t know till I went to the Drs and got a $6,000 bill. They claim they sent me multiple letters to let me know. I open everything and definitely didn’t get a letter from there. I just reapplied and am waiting to hear back.

The kid being fluent in Spanish out of nowhere is what really made that last bit for me!😂

As someone who had to take care of their grandparents because my parents passed away and have had to deal with Medicaid for the last two years... I cannot, again, I cannot stress how utterly frustrating that institution is.

You got Amber on. I love her comedy and delivery

I am a county caseworker in California and the MCO situation is so crazy. Their coverage is supposed to be statewide, but different counties work with their own contracted MCOs. So many doctors offices only want to see patients registered with their county's MCO. One of the counties neighboring mine uses the same MCO but it was still an issue with someone I was assisting because they were CODED within that MCO in the wrong county. Since we can't immediately transfer cases from one county to another, we continuously have to provide the information to the state ombudsman's office to help them work around this situation. That is, if they are able to reach someone who can tell them what they need to do. Oh, and also people who are newly established with Medicaid aren't established with the MCO the first month of their eligibility. There are clinics that they can go to but their options are very limited.

Wyoming literally told me to get pregnant, so I could get birth control. They also over charged for services, that the nurses couldn't even physically perform during my fathers hospice care.

I gotta give it up to my former psychiatrist, he warned of me this change months before it was even announced. He told me to get all my stuff in order and keep an eye on it. I am glad he told me because I had to update some stuff and submit some paperwork and thankfully I still have my coverage. I never saw any ads or heard of it outside of my doctor.

That closing skit had me laughing harder than I have in a long time - especially at the end. Fantastic.

I'm disabled and lost Medicaid because they sent me a re-verification packet that I thought was the recertification packet. And it wasn't. They never even sent me the recertification packet, they had me fill out re-verification information because I am on Medicare. It doesn't make sense to me. I'm so broken and ready to try for a full time job even though it'll literally break me (I can't walk, I can't sit for long periods of time, and my ADHD is so bad that I can't work for longer than 2 hours at a time) because getting benefits through an employer isn't going to make me cry like Medicaid has.

I'm an attorney in NY. A huge part of my practice involves helping elderly people transfer their homes to trusts so that they can be poor on paper and qualify for medicaid. It's ridiculous that they risk losing their entire life's work for the sake of getting healthcare. Medicaid needs to be accessible to everyone. We can afford it.