Makes people nervous? Are any of the members in Congress nervous about their government health insurance?
The only people nervous are for-profit insurance companies.
If people knew they could get insurance through their taxes, and did not have to depend on their employer, they would gladly pick Medicare.
What business would want to add legacy costs like health insurance to their operating costs?
Everyone over 65 gets Medicare. Why not just lower the age so every citizen gets health care via Medicare? You end up paying for people without insurance anyways.
Let’s end the brutal patchwork system of vindictiveness we currently have.