Listen, it is your lot, the GOP that claim that the US is in a deep hole with massive debt and deficits. You need to do something to fix that. Cutting and cutting from the budget WONT WORK, it is simple math! The social costs of cutting SS, medicaid and care are so massive that any big cuts here, will come and bite you in the ass. It is already doing this if you look at the TB outbreaks in the US. And we all know that the right would never cut the military budget, even though the waste there is massive and dwarfs the waste in SS, Medicaid/care.
You need to fix the income aspect of the math, and here the single biggest problem is capital gains, which is a rich mans tax. Not only does it promote "non work" over actually daily work, but also primarily benefits the wealthy. And nothing pisses off people more than someone that is earning more than you, paying less in taxes in % than you.. and working far less for that money. Also Capital gains taxes have shown not to do anything other than make the rich richer since they dont pay taxes.
There is no punishment in fixing the inequalities of the tax code.
Another fix should be forcing everyone to pay income taxes, or at least go through the motions. Sure they might not earn enough to beat the deductibles, but they should be paying something even if it is just symbolic. In my home country we all pay taxes, even the 14 year old who has a paper route. Now the trick here is to make it an active system, and in Denmark we do it by giving each citizen a tax card, where they can either choose to take a bulk deduction or a monthly one. This they present to their employer and the employer puts their choice in the system. Now they might not earn enough to pay taxes, but the active part is key to getting a respect of the tax system and feeling part of the system. And before you come with the "administration" costs.. it is all electronic so costs very little.
As for your health system.. it is horiffic and punishes those how have little... and the costs increases are not because of Medicaid and care, but because of the private sector not being under any control or supervision, so they have the ability to bleed the consumer dry. You have to understand that the whole system is a cartel and the faster people understand this and deal with it, the better.
But as I stated, there is far too much money involved in maintaining the status quo.. for both parties. That is why big pharm pumped millions into the Bush campaign, so that they could get import of drugs banned and a sweet deal with Feds on buying drugs. The list of "buying off" the elected politicians on both sides, and including the sitting President.... is very very long. And as long as that is possible, then the changes will never be made that benefit the majority.. only changes that benefit the minority 1%.