Why is the Government So Unfair

I know someone who's parent has cancer.. He is having a lot of problems which causes him to be in the hospital a lot. When he applied for medical he was denied, why I don't know... He worked thru his life, I always thought that these programs were put in effect to help a person who has worked thru out their lives???? It seems to me to be eligible for any government help you have to not have worked and want to live in places know as the ghetto.... If you have paid into the medicaid or even medicare program it seems that, the only thing that you are paying for is to help the rest of the country who don't feel they should have to work... I believe that when someone who has done his share of work and paid their taxes, like it is supposed to be should be eligible for help when it is needed.... Why should the rest of the family be strained and have to work multiple low paying jobs to be able to barley cover medical bills and still be able to just slide by and live... The family should be able to work just one job and spend the last little bit of time they have with the person who is dieing, because as we all know once the person is gone you will never get to spend any of that lost time with them again, and the only people you could blame will have to be the government who keeps denying his claim for help...