![]() "The next day, she won an appeal for wrongful termination and all of her benefits were restored the day after her death." ![]() ![]() "Young died on March 1, 2009," Eubanks says. Eubanks is the author of a new book, Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor. "She lost her benefits, she couldn't afford her medication, she lost her food stamps, she couldn't pay her rent, she lost access to free transportation to her medical appointments," Virginia Eubanks tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. She called her local Indiana office to say she was in the hospital. In the fall of 2008, Omega Young got a letter prompting her to recertify for Medicaid.īut she was unable to make the appointment because she was suffering from ovarian cancer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Automating Inequality Subtitle How High-tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor Author Virginia Eubanks ![]()
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