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Food stamps given boost
Benefits have not been increased in two years
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
nation's 22 million food stamp
recipients will get an average
8 5 percent benefit increase —
their first in two years — on
Friday as the government
begins a new fiscal year
But the start of fiscal 1983 will
also usher in cutbacks and
economy measures in other
welfare programs and
Medicare, the health insurance
program for 28 million elderly
and disabled Americans
Many adults seeking Aid to
Families with Dependent Chil
dren will be required to look for
work first
Medicare will no longer pay
for private rooms in hospitals or
skilled nursing facilities, unless
the patient's condition requires
seclusion The health insurance
program will only pay for semi
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Food stamp benefits have not
risen since 1980. The boost on
Friday will raise the average
monthly benefits for a family of
four by $20 from $233 to $253
Congress skipped last year's
normal annual adjustment in the
so-called "thrifty food plan'' for
food stamp recipients as part of
care providers, some advocacy
groups fear the elderly will wind
up paying a larger share of their
medical bills out of their own
pockets
The tax bill also allows states
to charge adult Medicaid pa
tients a small fee for all non
emergency services. Pregnant
women and children are ex
empt
Cuts in welfare and medicare
could hurt 28 million people
Pres Ronald Reagan's first
round of budget cuts
The lawmakers also refigured
the formula to hold down this
year's increase in the $11 3 bil
lion program They ordered
$548 million in savings — in
cluding reduced payments to
states with high error rates — in
a bid to keep the fiscal 1983
costs under $11 billion
As part of the $100 billion tax
boost that Congress enacted in
August, Medicare is putting new
limits on hospital reimburse
ments to save $480 million.
It also will pay radiologists
and pathologists only 80 per
cent of their "reasonable''
costs, instead of the full cost, to
save $145 million
Although these and other
changes in reimbursement
rates are directed at hospitals,
physicians and other health
Last Oct. 1, the Reagan ad
ministration and Congress insti
tuted sweeping eligibility
changes in the AFDC program,
which costs $15 billion and
supports 11 million mothers and
children and, in some states,
unemployed fathers
Last year's changes made it
harder for people to stay on the
AFDC rolls if they worked The
new rule changes will allow
states to require job searches
for AFDC applicants; currently,
states can only require job
searches for those on the rolls
AFDC payments will be
barred to families where the on
ly reason for the parent’s ab
sence is that he or she is on
military duty
States also will be barred from
making welfare payments ret
roactive to the first day of the
month for new recipients
Reagan to go on TV
for news meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pre
sident Reagan will hold a news
conference in the White House
East Room tonight at 7:30 EDT,
deputy White House press
secretary Larry Speakes an
nounced Monday
The session with reporters.
which the three networks, ABC,
NBC and CBS, say they will
broadcast live, will be Reagan's
13th since taking office His
most recent news conference
was on July 28
No information was available
on the topic of the conference