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Welfare rule change creates hardship for disabled and elderly
The Social Security rise increases benefits for many yet shifts Medicaid and welfare eligibility. Elisabeth Miles, 62, blind and widow, loses public assistance as her check rises. similar stories emerge from New York, Montgomery, Las Vegas, Cedar Rapids and Portland. Legal moves seek to raise welfare income limits, but many non welfare Medicaid recipients fear losing coverage.
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David K. Shipler
NYT
New York
Elisabeth Miles
New York City
Congress
Eva Estelle Jackson
Montgomery
Ala
Miss Jackson
Senate
Las Vegas
Henrietta G. Oberg
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mary Wright