I agree. It is sad that the last thing of any monetary value can be taken away.
The entire system is broken. I work in a pediatric hospital and it makes me furious to see the "destitute" welfare moms walk around in designer clothing, draped in jewelry, with their hair and nails done, talking on their cell phones. These are the same moms who can't "afford" to buy food or formula for their kids, or "don't have transportation" to take their kids in to the free clinic we provide for immunizations.
These people get everything you can imagine at no cost. Transportation, clothing, food, medical and dental care, help with bills, etc. And then we have the elderly, who have usually worked the majority of their lives, having their homes and other assets taken to pay for the very things we provide for free to the welfare moms.
In another lifetime I was an Eligibility Worker in California for a county welfare office. Once a week I had to work I&R (intake and referral) for those exact welfare moms. They transferred me to a Medi-cal caseload of mostly old people. Some of the old people's cases broke my heart......... and then I would have to go work I&R. I couldn't take it anymore and quit.
Can/do states go after these welfare queens to recoup their ADC payments, welfare payments, food stamp monies, WIC, Medicaid, etc.?? Seems to me, if they go after the sick elderly, they should go after the young, able-bodied leeches who are able to work.