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November 21, 2005Medicaid program shows darker side: Twenty dollars keeps MS patient from medicationO'Connor, 64, has advanced, progressive multiple sclerosis, a deadly, debilitating disease that attacks the central nervous system. And since moving to South Carolina from Illinois in September, he's been more than two months without the drugs that are supposed to prolong his life. And it's all because of $20 -- the difference between the $868 that O'Connor makes in his monthly Social Security check and the $848 income cut-off point for the state's Medicaid program.MORE |