Public programs like Social Security and Medicaid aren’t just policy successes—they’re moral victories. They represent what America looks like when it takes care of its own.

Privatization is not modernization. It's a cynical attempt to convert public solidarity into private profit, one budget line at a time. If we allow that to happen, we won’t just lose these programs—we’ll lose the social contract that binds us together.

In the richest country in the world, no elder should live in poverty, and no child should go without healthcare. It’s time we stop apologizing for our public programs—and start fighting like hell to protect and expand them.

America’s obsession with privatized healthcare has produced a system that is morally indefensible and economically unsustainable. No one should have to choose between treatment and bankruptcy, or watch loved ones suffer because a corporation denied coverage.

If health is wealth—and it is—then universal care is the foundation for a truly prosperous nation. We have the resources, the models, and the public support. What we lack is the political courage.

It’s time for the United States to join the civilized world and treat healthcare not as a profit engine, but as a sacred right.