Cianela v. Department of Public Welfare

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Rita M. Cianela appeals from an order of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), which affirmed the decision of the DPW’s Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) terminating Cianela’s eligibility for Medical Assistance (MA) benefits. We affirm.

Cianela received $663 a month in income from the Social Security Administration in the form of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI).1 At the same time, Cianela received MA benefits under DPW’s Healthy Horizons Categorically Needy Program (Healthy Horizons).2 However, the income limit allowing an individual to receive MA…