Libertybele.....you said two things in this thread that are inaccurate. First, you do not pay Medicaid taxes from your income, you pay Medicare taxes.
2nd, while the Republicans have a simple majority in the Senate, votes require a vote of 60 to pass legislation. To get 60 votes today, it requires all the Republicans and I believe 8 Democommies. They refuse to vote on anything, so the Senate has basically been frozen for two years.
The ONLY legislation of consequence to get through the Senate was the Tax Cuts, which the Republicans used the Harry Reid nuclear option, requiring a simple majority of 51 votes.