Medicare & Medicaid has always been an option for everyone - its just that if you made too much money, then you didn't qualify. It was a safety net for the poor

Medicare & Medicaid has always been an option for everyone - its just that if you made too much money, then you didn't qualify. It was a safety net for the poorest people. It was not meant for students just out of school (who presumably had skills to get a job with benefits) or people who are perfectly happy not progressing or producing in their lives (which is fine, just don't demand that "society" pays for everything).