An interesting graph from a column in the venerable Journal of the America Medical Association (JAMA) : it details who is covered by Medicaid, the program Paul Ryan described as “a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency”.
The largest group covered by Medicaid by far is children. The second biggest group, adults, contains large numbers of pregnant women. Medicaid covers about 40% of births in the United States. The third largest group includes people who are blind or disabled. That leaves what are known as dual eligibles. Those are elderly people who are so poor that they receive both Medicaid and Medicare benefits.
If I’m reading this chart correctly, while children constitute the largest constituency, the blind/disabled receive the most dollars.
(link is from a Paul Krugman column)
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
Whatever Works 
They are afraid the kids will get healty and grow up to vote Democratic….
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There ya’ go james!
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