Medicare system The rising Medicare cost is an issue that has been of great concern to both the federal government and the state governments for a long time now. Successive governments developed policies and regulations and strategies aimed at reducing health care costs for the citizens. However, most of these have had their impacts of either low quality medication or increased government funding. Obamacare, (or Universal Health Care), for example, called for medical insurance and quality medical service for all Americans. Good as this sounded, the side effects were dire, and the government had to cough billions to make it a reality. Hence, for this reason, the current is considering repealing it to reduce the associated expenses. It is on