Welfare Welfare is a government program that provides money, medical care, food, housing, and other things that people need in order to survive. People who can receive help from these welfare programs are children, elders, disabled, and others who cannot support their families on their current income. Another name for welfare is public assistance. There are many organizations that supply this public assistance. Such as Salvation Army and other groups. Public assistance benefits help many …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…welfare recipients account for most of the fraud in welfare. Some physicians, pharmacists, and others have been overpaid because they have made up false bills. In my opinion I believe you need welfare because people do need help. But I would lower its percent because it won't hurt that much. Most importantly we have to do a better job at finding all the people who cheat the program and make them work to repay it.