public assistance
Example Sentences
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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
Tax revenue has grown steadily in recent years but has failed to keep up with ballooning costs in areas including the city’s rental-voucher program and public assistance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
According to the National Association of Counties, 40 percent of home health aides live in low-income neighborhoods and rely on some form of public assistance; 30 percent of them are on Medicaid themselves.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
Yet millions of their workers, including many employed full time, have to rely on public assistance, as the Government Accountability Office reported in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
Mam says there’s nothing left but the Dispensary and the public assistance, the relief, and she’s ashamed of her life to go and ask for it.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
