There are two major forces acting against each other when it comes to government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. On one end, you have the forces pushing to privatize the programs and to relinquish the government's role in providing healthcare. On the other end, you have the forces wanting to expand these types of programs.

Based on your understanding of the topic, answer the following questions:

• Explain the positive and negative aspects of these forces that act against each other, in case of government healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.
• How do these two forces play a part in the development of healthcare policy relative to government healthcare programs?