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I think this is quite common. Public benefits are a strange thing and have really odd loopholes at times. For example: I had a friend that lived with her boyfr
by Broken_Hippo 8y ago
I think this is quite common. Public benefits are a strange thing and have really odd loopholes at times.
For example: I had a friend that lived with her boyfriend and they had a child. The state wanted to take child support from his check to give to her for the child even though they lived at the same address.
I worked with a woman that kept below a certain amount of hours per week while working. This was simply because working any more meant that her benefits were cut so much she couldn't survive. The cut was more than the money she earned from working.
I'm guessing I've known a few people that weren't married for similar reasons as well, I just cannot think of a concrete example.
- mortenjorck 8y agoYes, this is a very real problem. I’m close to someone who has to actively turn down freelance work past a certain point because they will no longer qualify for Medicaid and still be far short of affording an ACA plan. Obviously the “solution” is to get a lot more work all at once to get out of that financial gap, but it’s hard to do.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoDefinitely is difficult and I personally think it is ridiculous to expect. The better solution would be to rework laws so that folks working come out ahead. I imagine this would include having benefits reduce more slowly than small income gains. If anything, the benefit losses should mirror the gains as it makes no sense to punish making $50 more with a $100 loss.