edicaid patients because the government is picking up the check. However, in most hospitals when Medicaid is used the hospital gets less money to help the patient than they would normally get from a paying patient. Also if high-tech equipment is needed to treat a Medicaid patient it might cost more money to use the equipment than the hospital receives from the government. This system has many flaws and there is a potential for many more problems in the future if it isnt corrected. Spending on welfare would have to increase greatly to eliminate poverty, and many people believe the cost is already too high. This means that the only intelligent course of action is to set strict time limits on the Welfare system, and to limit the benefits paid out. There is an inherent danger when cutting benefits to people who base their survival on those benefits. The first few generations will reject the new system and they will struggle to get on their feet, but this is necessary in order to produce a new breed of hard-working lower-class Americans. Not everyone can start out at the top, but the beauty of our country is that everyone is supposed to be able to start out with enough to survive, and with hard work they can succeed and raise their standard of living. An example can be made of how faulty our current welfare system is by giving statistics of an average family on welfare, and the benefits that they are eligible to receive. A poverty line is set, and this line is an average income amount that is set to reflect how much it would cost to support a given family. The poverty line in this example for a four-person family is $20,000 a year. If a family earns less than $20,000 they are eligible for $380 per month in food stamps. So lets say that our example family has two parents and two children. If the father works full time for $9.50 / hour, he will earn a little under $20,000 / year, which means he can use his $1500 / month on rent...
