public assistance
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States consider whether recovering the Medicaid costs would cause the heir severe financial hardship, like leaving them destitute or forcing them to rely on public assistance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Unforeseen events could eventually leave them dependent on public assistance, re-creating the kind of poverty that Social Security was designed to prevent after the Great Depression.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Much of the evidence circulating online about Haredi dependence on public assistance comes from reporting I helped produce as founder of the activist organization Yaffed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Detectives are asking for public assistance to help locate the 5-foot-7, 104-pound suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
But she knew she couldn’t make it out on public assistance.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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