In Sickness and in Wealth

The movie we watched called "In Sickness and in Wealth" highlighted a lot of good points about health in America. I too think there is a huge distinction between classes health wise. The fact that someone who makes six digits has a life expectancy around 7 years more than someone who is below the poverty line is amazing to me. People who are below the poverty line have less resources medically than someone who has more money. This is really unfair in my eyes. It is really sad that someone who has so much stress in life because of their money problems has to be physically sick. The stress put on lower income families is immense. They always have to wonder about having enough money or providing enough food for everyone. One thing that made me really upset though was when the lady who was living in SSI and Disability said something about how she didn't want to find a job because she didn't want her healthcare benefits to be taken from her. I think this is a big problem in todays society. The government offers programs such as medicaid and some people decide that they would rather not work because they like the benefits. Why can't these services be offered as an incentive for employment? Someone who works minimum wage to support their family probably deserves those programs more than someone who just sits by and waits for her check. This scene opened up a huge loophole in the government that I think needs to be fixed!