Who is looking out for us?

Dear Sir,
I'm an American of modest means, yet I do not believe that higher taxes on the rich will benefit me or my family. My disabled grandmother, who had a stroke several years ago, is living off of her meager Social Security pension and requires help in all of her routine daily tasks (eating, moving, bathing, etc). She cannot afford to pay a professional to care for her, so my mother drives to her house 3 times each day to help. Her only asset is her house, in which 2 of her children still reside. If she opts for publicly subsidized healthcare via the Medicare program, she would have to turn over her house to the government. Laws stipulate that even if she signs over her house to her children who reside there, the government can still claim it if she opts for Medicare.

My point is, that even though the government has subsidized health care for elderly/disabled people like my grandmother, they haven't done a very good job of improving their livelihoods. Throwing more taxpayer dollars at the problem would not necessarily make things easier for us of modest means unless there is some accountability in government and incentives for our representatives to improve standard of living. While more funding may help, funding itself will not find its way to those most in need while politicians remain self-interested. Poor politicians can ignore public sentiment while getting cozy with the private sector to land a job after their first term. Career politicians must consider their campaign contributors before they can help the electorate to whom they owe their service. Therefore, who is looking out for us?