Krugman on Medicaid and its Enemies

As usual, it's not really complicated: it works pretty well but that success doesn't fit the conservative narrative. Professor K explains.

Why, then, are Republicans so determined to do the reverse, and kill this success story? You know the answers. Partly it’s their general hostility to anything that helps the 47 percent — those Americans whom they consider moochers who need to be taught self-reliance. Partly it’s the fact that Medicaid’s success is a reproach to their antigovernment ideology.