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Originally Posted by AGDee
This is true in Michigan as well. Additionally, unless you are a parent, there is no welfare. Our only welfare is ADC (Aid for Dependent Children). There is also the Bridge Card (food stamps, basically, in the form of a debit type card) but they aren't for all that much, really.. not nearly as much as I spend on groceries, even if I eliminate the basics, and they are only good for food, not toilet paper, soap, etc. There are food banks also. There is Section 8 housing, but you still have to pay something for that. The thing I see getting abused most is Social Security Disability. I know of people on SSD who are working under the table and collecting their SSD. If they can work, they shouldn't be eligible for SSD.
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Regarding the welfare and parent thing... apparently it's the same with Medicaid. I have a friend with a serious medical problem. She doesn't have insurance. She is working in her profession, and if the economy was good she'd be doing well. (commission type job, one that you have to go to school for) She tried to get medicaid and they basically told her she could get it if she had kids. (not those exact words) Here she is, a working law-abiding individual affected by the economy, and she can't get any help. You're almost better off going and having a kid out of wedlock so you can get help.