If one has low income but high assets,
one should not be on the dole.
If one has assets but low income and one loses one’s job that provided a group insurance plan and one resides in a state wherein there are no insurers willing to enter the exchange in that state, then one has no option now does one?
Not sure what the medicare limits is but I know a veteran can draw pension from the VA even with $100,000.00 in the bank. That is disgusting.