Christian Women in Leadership

I.P.A.

I think my opinion about Illinois Public Assistance is changing now that I have worked in healthcare for more than a year, and I am thinking now, if I become a doctor, I'm not sure if I would accept Medicaid. (I know it's shocking.)

Basically, I just want to serve other hard-working Americans (if that term is not an oxymoron). I mean, people would be free to pay for it themselves, or use insurance, but not public aid.

My main problem with I.P.A. is that there is not any motivation for one to get off of it, and I don't want to be enabling people to milk the system dry.

I know I would "miss out" on serving the [what seems like] rare case of a person who really needs to be on public aid, such as the severely mentally challenged, or what have you. Clearly, that is one person who lacks the intellectual ability to support himself, and for that person, I'm glad that my tax dollars help fund his healthcare.

However, I have worked for the Chicago Public Schools, in a poor neighborhood, and I know the people there are plenty smart enough to figure out how to support themselves. Sometimes, it just seems like the system doesn't give them an opportunity?????????????

MY MAIN POINT IS: Sometimes I think it is almost an insult to give someone something they could pay for. It's like the government is saying, "Since you don't have enough brain cells to figure out how to support yourself, we are going to pay for this and that." IT'S LIKE SAYING, "Obviously, these people are not smart enough to figure out how to pay for their own healthcare."

posted by the princess @ 6/14/2005 06:22:00 PM