Housing
He Earned More But Lost His Prescriptions — One Omaha Man’s Rude Awakening About Medicaid and the Income Cliff
The first thing Pastor Darnell Webb told me about Miguel Fulton was that he never…
Articles by Camille Joséphine Archer
Housing
A Legal Secretary Making $21,400 a Year Had No Health Insurance for Four Months — Medi-Cal Was the Answer He Didn’t Know Existed
Harvey Tran was sitting in his car outside an urgent care clinic in East San…
SNAP
Old Debt Was Eating His Paycheck. At 66, This Louisville UPS Driver Had to Ask for Help for the First Time
Most people assume that holding a job — any job — automatically bars them from…
Housing
Behind on Property Taxes and Drowning in Student Loans at 50 — How Donovan Hensley Is Rebuilding After Three Financial Crises
The federal student loan on-ramp repayment period — which shielded millions of borrowers from credit…
SNAP
I Was Denied SNAP Benefits Twice — The Third Application Finally Worked After I Made These Changes
Roughly 1 in 4 first-time SNAP applicants is denied benefits — not because they earn…
Housing
Widowed, Behind on Property Taxes, and Still Paying Student Loans at 66: How One Tampa Woman Is Surviving the System
What would you do if, in the span of eighteen months, your insurance company dropped…
Student Loans
I Make Good Money on Paper But My Student Loans Didn’t Care — How One Spokane Dad Finally Found Stable Ground
The comment appeared on a piece I published last October about income-driven repayment plans and…
Housing
No Retirement Savings, a Crumbling Roof, and $4,800 Overdue in Property Taxes — How One San Jose Father Is Holding On
What would you do if you owned a home but couldn’t afford to keep it…
Medicaid
Her COBRA Premium Cost More Than Her Rent. A Waiting Room Conversation Changed Everything
The waiting rooms of Social Security Administration offices have a particular kind of silence —…
Medicaid
Her Health Insurance Premiums Nearly Doubled Running a Barber Shop in Texas — Here Is What the Medicaid Coverage Gap Actually Cost Her
The morning I met Theresa Pruitt, she was sitting across from me at a corner…