Any person who receives benefits under the Medicaid program and whose eligibility for the benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article shall not be entitled to receive the increase. Any person who shall subsequently apply for benefits under the Medicaid program and have his or her eligibility to receive benefits impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid program.