Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2017 | Page 29

Education (Excerpt) by Judith Fiestas The children of wealthy people have more opportunities than the poor because it is expensive to get a good education. Public schools need to receive more financial contribution from the government, so they can provide the same opportunities as private schools. Public schools can use the money to hire more teachers and increase their salaries; can have more recreation areas; and can build more schools so they can have less students per classroom. ... If public education receives more money, communities can build more schools so they cannot have many students per classroom. According to Educateachild.org, “The world’s poorest countries need almost four million new classrooms by 2015, largely in rural and marginalized areas, to accommodate those who are not in school. More classrooms will alleviate overcrowding, cut class sizes and reduce long travel distances.” Poor students do not have the same opportunities as wealthy students because public schools do not get enough funding. More public schools need to be built. They need to have more recreation areas for students’ well-being. They need to have more teachers with higher salaries. A good education is expensive, so public schools need to receive more financial contribution. by Aklil Woldeyes Who is the Beneficiary of Healthcare? (Excerpts) Healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical wellbeing through the services offered by the medical and allied health profession. People who have low income and elderly people can’t afford the bills from the doctor’s office visit. It is costly. Free healthcare should be provided by with the government for people who have low income, elderly people, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is a healthcare program that assists low income families or individuals.(...) Medicare is a health care program for elderly people aged 65 and over, and some of them who have permanent kidney failure (...) Dual eligibility is an insurance program for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. (...) As a conclusion there are health care program for people who have low income individuals and families, elderly people and those with kidney failure, and disabled people. In order to keep the individual healthcare, beside the government the employers should support their employees by paying the highest percentage of insurance coverage for healthcare. 29