Crammer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant, Mrs. Edna E. Crammer, challenges the action of the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare in excluding her from the “categorically needy” program of medical assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. We conclude that appellant has erroneously been denied benefits. We reverse.

I

Mrs. Crammer is sixty-two years of age and has been determined to be, by the Social Security Administration, totally and permanently disabled. Prior to March of 1970, appellant was receiving a $95.00 per month Department o,f Public Welfare (hereinafter the…