Surprising Tool Against Child Abuse and Helping Rural Americans Get Benefits-Helping Rural Americans Get Government Benefits

Large segments of the US population, including low income and older Americans, face barriers in getting the government benefits they are entitled to. Megan Henly, PhD, Research Assistant Professor in the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire, outlines the numerous barriers to getting information about, and enrolling in, programs like Social Security disability and retirement benefits, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Medicaid health insurance program, and what can be done to reduce the problem.