Health Care

Every year, an unbelievable amount of medicare, and general health care fraud and deceptions are made against the elderly in our nation. Providers of medical equipment, medication, and insurance often scam unknowing senior citizens and the elderly out of money.

To me this is both disgusting and sad. It seems ludicrous that people, or medical providers who are in the business of providing a service, or HELP, would think to scam other human beings. You're suppose to be doing good, not evil!

In many rural areas, government funding encourages policy-related health research. The purpose behind research of these design is to see how well national policies are helping or hurting rural communities in their strive for equal health care services.

In recent years, many facilities and government grants have been dedicated to assisting underserved rural and urban communities in decreasing mental illness and substance abuse. However, this struck me as odd.

Every year, through the Ryan White Program, the federal government continues to provide AIDS/HIV patients with health care, awareness, and different support services. It is common believe in 2008 that AIDS/HIV in America is no longer the threat that it was in the '90s. Then why is the federal government still pumping money into AIDS/HIV programs like the Ryan White Foundation?