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This spunky lady is no stay-at-home welfare bum. In spite of her job. she is able to survive primarily because of her $284.30 monthly Supplemental Security Income check. For health care, she looks to Medicaid.

Still, Mattie Dudley, who is 67, has one pervasive concern. When her time comes she does not want to be buried in a pauper’s grave.

So over the years she carefully saved enough money to purchase a $1,226 burial certificate which would at least provide her with a decent funeral.

Then she learned that owning the certificate put her periously close to the $1,500 maximum a person can possess and still be eligible for SSI and Medicaid benefits. So she commited what, in the eyes of the welfare bureaucracy, was a heinous

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