Tag: transportation

NCOA Benefits Checkup

Fewer than half of low-income retirees who are eligible for SNAP food stamps or don’t automatically receive a medication subsidy as part of their Medicaid coverage are taking advantage of the programs. These are two prominent examples of the head-spinning number of assistance programs for people over 60, from state property tax breaks and veterans…

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The Affordable Care Act gives a carrot to states that expand Medicaid from a health insurance program mainly for poor people to one that also includes low-income workers. Under the 2010 law, the federal government initially paid the full cost of adding more people to the Medicaid rolls, and a large majority of states hav…