In January, Annie’s food stamps suddenly dropped down to $56 a month, roughly one-quarter of what she had been receiving for the past six years. Unable to work or drive due to her Crohn’s disease and a predisposition to seizures, she relies on services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and FlexRide, a Medicaid program that provides transportation for people with disabilities.
But around the same time her benefits decreased, FlexRide started to become harder to access, too, she told Salon in a phone interview. She is concerned that cuts being debated at the federal government could make these services even less accessible.
