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I Received Food Stamps When I Was a Millionaire—Legally! Here’s What Minnesota Can Learn From My Experience to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Minnesota’s fraud problem is newsy, but it isn’t new.
For the greater part of a decade, I have been one of the many Minnesotans sounding the alarm about a glaring loophole in our state’s food stamp program.
Back in 2016, I was volunteering in Central Minnesota, helping the elderly navigate Medicare. During a training session for volunteers, we learned that Minnesota considers only income—not assets—when determining if applicants are eligible for food stamps.
I was disturbed to learn that Minnesota is one of the states that uses a loophole called Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) to bypass federal asset limits when signing folks up for food stamps. You could have six houses, four cars, and a billion dollars in savings, and you’d still be eligible for the state’s food stamp program as long as you’re within the income limit for the program. It was sold as a way to reduce administrative costs, but in reality, it allows millions of applicants to receive welfare they otherwise wouldn’t qualify for.