# Ask the Spouse of a Disabled Person

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-spouse-of-a-disabled-person/521930
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 20, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-spouse-of-a-disabled-person/521930 "2009-12-20T06:08:51Z")
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### Author: ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-spouse-of-a-disabled-person/521930/27 "2009-12-21T19:00:53Z")

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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> I’ve also had medical people suggest with a straight face that I should divorce him in order for him to be officially destitute and get onto Medicaid (apparently they are unaware that the welfare office thinks he’s able-bodied so that wouldn’t work anyhow).

I know it sounds shocking and insulting, but as a ‘medical person’ I can see the **practical** sense in it. They don’t mean you should leave him. I know of two couples in this sort of situation who are unmarried but live together in long-term, committed relationships; one never got married and the other cancelled their planned marriage when the financial implications became clear.

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