I draw SS disability. By luck I paid enough in to get around $1200 each month before Medicare is taken out. Once I cursed because I worked construction and when you changed jobs they started taking it out again. So by my figures, after I pay bank, insurance and a few other things I have $599.83 bucks to pay city, which is gas, water, trash. Phone, is dsl, and video, cable. VA for meds. All that's left over I can piss away on food, beer, gas, repair house, any drugs and DR. bills. The tooth fairy and eye glasses. I have local. BTW, while waiting for this to happen I had damn little help from any Gov. For around 3 years.
If you have the dream that the benefits are the same for every state, you are wrong. If I was crazy enough to move to, say CA. I think I could get more money. If you move here from CA. you loose money.
Walk a mile in someone else's shoes. Hey I'm happy as a pig in shit. Go Mari.