21.   The experiences of Spencer and Ramirez illustrate the enormous hurdles faced by huge numbers of people now leaving welfare rolls across the country.

22.   The study found that poverty remained a familiar companion among those who left the rolls.

23.   Those are wages for people who have left the rolls before the deadline.

24.   Two million women and children have left the rolls.

25.   Under heavy pressure to find out what was happening to families leaving the rolls, he ordered the welfare department to conduct a study.

26.   --Extend Medicaid coverage for people who leave welfare rolls to take a job.

27.   Getting off welfare and getting a job can mean losing health insurance coverage, according to a study of women and children leaving welfare rolls.

28.   Research suggests that families who leave welfare due to time limits are worse off than others who have left the rolls.