Medicaid and Food Stamp Enrollment – Georgia

Medicaid, food stamp cases exploding, By Craig Schneider, April 8, 2010, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “The number of Georgians receiving Medicaid and food stamps has skyrocketed over the past year, stressing a social service system that is facing budget cuts at a time of increasing need. More and more of these new cases involve people and families that haven’t sought public assistance before, say workers who help people apply for these benefits. New applicants include formerly stable working-class families laid low by long-term job loss and home foreclosures…”