No one who is stupid enough to vote for Trump or any R’s is going to vote for a D because we are nice to them or pander to them. They are too far gone.
Don’t like Medicare than self insure. No insurance company would insure the elderly - they are much too expensive - that’s why we have Medicare as the primary insurer for those 65 and over.
Other than changing the word, did it have any actual effect on how the law is executed?
I’ll spare you the time. No. The law is executed exactly as written whether you say penalty or tax. It’s merely an argument or semantics which has no meaningful effect.
Insurance companies do not want to insure statistically sicker and more expensive elderly people. It’s not economically rational. Medicare came into existence to fulfill a specific and practical need. It is enormously popular–and that’s regardless of party. Do you think we should get rid of it?