Why Medicaid is the Solution to your Financial Problems

The difference between an apple and an orange is seen by a first glance, but financial difficulties aren’t always seen when meeting a person. I can speak from experience when explaining the importance of government programs. When things get difficult financially, it’s important to have a system to help people get back on their feet.

Food Stamps gave my mom a way to provide us food while she was trying to get a job. It’s programs like this that have allowed me to see the importance of having something to fall back on for families like us. I have learned quickly how financial burdens can affect somebody. I realize now how different our situation would have been without the governments help.

Healthcare is a must in our society. The benefit and security of the government providing people who cannot afford healthcare is essential. Medicaid is an important resource because gives families the assurance that if they bring in a low income, then their children will still have heath insurance and receive the care they need if they ever get sick or hurt.

Programs like Food Stamps and Medicaid are imperative to our society. Along with the other government programs, they all have one thing in common: the goal of providing somebody with a better future. Nobody ever thinks that they would be stuck in financial difficulties, but things can happen so unexpectedly that it could to happen to anybody. Nobody ever wants to admit that they are struggling, but sometimes people need help financially in order to get back on their feet.

Nothing in life is guaranteed and things can happen in an instant. Government programs can take away a sense of fear people have when something unplanned happens. Our government is suppose to provide security for citizens and through government programs, this goal is achieved.

These programs have provide millions of people with the support and help they needed to get back on their feet, but in order to make these programs as effective as possible, more rules and regulations should be in place. I believe that it is important to make sure everybody who is receiving government assistance is using it responsibly. Government programs are in place to help people get on their feet, so in order to make sure it is helping people, there should be mandatory counseling sessions to help people get off these programs and be successful.

My world would be much different today if the government didn’t have a program my mom could fall back on to take care of our family. Financial troubles are hard to admit to somebody when asking for help, but the programs our government provides to people in need gives hope that these problems will eventually vanish. The national debt keeps growing, but the economy is improving. This can only mean positive things for the future, as people are able to get off government programs. The success of these programs are seen when people are able to provide for themselves and can help others who are in the same situation.

The Truth on Food Stamps

Many Americans honestly struggle with the inability to make their paychecks meet their debt. Government programs were established to assist out of work households, single family homes, and those struggling with mental disabilities that are unable to make their paychecks meet the bills. The programs are lifesaving and benefits a lot of people. 

However, the topic of government benefit abuse is a hot topic all over America that focuses on the enormous problem of abuse and an even larger task of fixing the abuse.  The giant question of how to make the programs more effective can have many avenues.   The biggest problem I see living in rural West Virginia is the laziness of individuals receiving the benefits.  Benefits should only be given if the individual is actively making a contribution to their income. Living off of benefits is unacceptable. If America brought back factories we would have a place for these types of individuals to be employed. Not everyone can succeed in college and America is making it so they can choose, College or living off government benefits.   

The benefit should also have a time limit for out of work individuals. This would encourage individuals to seek employment, and then allow a government supplement to meet their needs. The second avenue for improvement is drug testing. It should be mandatory that every adult in the receiving family take monthly drug tests.  This is to clean up some of the drug mess that out of work individuals find themselves drawn to, to make fast money.  Government benefits like WIC is a good example of a beneficial program. It is category specific and income related, for a designated period of time.  I have volunteered at an Outreach programs that supplies food and clothing for individuals in need. Many times men and women came into the Outreach to find free clothing for a job interview. This is an example of someone wanting to take pride in their self and make their situation better. 

If government benefits were on a time limit, more of this type of self-initiation could be seen.  On the other side of the argument, some people have expressed dropping out of High School and living off the “system.” This is the abuse that has many hard working Americans in a state of anger over the lack of screening and mandates.   

This then leads to the argument of manpower to cover the additional mandates.  Unfortunately, fixing this problem will require individual state governments to hire more workers, which then argues they are out of money and cannot afford to hire additional employees. Then they look at the Federal Government for funding and they say we can’t afford to give any more money.  To see programs become effective our Federal government must see the need for stricter policies to be made and to see that the abuse is eliminated. Allowing for quality of life for many Americans to increase and be something they can take pride in.