Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for such benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein shall not be entitled to receive said increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and such person’s eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided herein, shall not be entitled to receive said increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.