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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8905)	9/1/2009 6:20:58 AM
From: John Carragher	1 Recommendation of 42652

as programs developed they were for low or no income. However, they quickly expanded to middle class who knew how to work the system. season jobs that were decent yearly paid jobs were quick to jump on getting laid off and collect unemployment. then many do side jobs for additional income in addition to unemployment under the table. in the end these people are making more than ever before. Head start was another program as it was brought into the system i noticed just about everyone was sending their children to free pre school. they didn't get the lunchs as i believe you had to provide evidence of earned income. However the remainder of program went unchecked. quickly families learned to take mom and pops savings in order to qualify for free nursing home. some of us watched the federal gov take their hard earned savings to pay for medical care.. Well, that went over like a lead ballon as dependents felt they were entitled to that money not the federal gov. Why should mom and dad pay for medical care and us children or relatives end up with nothing. Now they are required to distribute the savings i believe five years prior to going into any nursing home. I heard last night 90% of medicaid money spent on elderly is nursing homes fees. Sounds like a quick fix on that one is extend any savings distributions by mom and pop to ten or more years. that may put a slow down in give away programs. It might even bring back mom and pop getting home care from their kids ,, the other program that came into being was the senior communities for low or zip income. It was amazing how middle class and upper middle class all of sudden filled these new communities as they were built. Again , transfer mom and dad's funds to avoid them paying for housing. Here is another opportunity to cut cost by extending requirement for transfer of family wealth vs free or subsidized housing.. Hell, mom might have to live with one of the children vs having federal paid housing. Many of the reasons for run away federal programs are because of others working the system not because the system was a good idea. child care was another whooper to open up payments for children without a dad.. now we no longer have married couples. recent poll in los angles those in low income(66%) said they get pregnant to get welfare. the government has terrible controls, lousy auditing and a major reason for ballooning costs. imo in some states you can go on welfare just by filing. they are so far behind in checking your application it takes them a year to determine if you are qualified.. once they find out you are not qualified they drop you from welfare programs.. However, there are no penalties , no back collection of prior payments. applicants know this in advance and many are encouraged by social workers to complete the applications knowing they are not qualified but it will save the applicate a great deal of costs.. ie medical procedure for premature born babies etc.. just another abuse of various systems that could be cut out of slowed down through better controls. We do not need another huge federal program for people to figure out how to game the system.

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