Isn't this a great country?
A postman family living in a dump in Daly City can donate $250,000 to Democratic candidates, but an independent business man (with a wife who works for a medical publisher!) living in a 3,000 SF home in a swank development can't health insurance.
Uh, they can’t get health insurance because they can’t buy a private policy, because of “pre-existing conditions.”
Their 1936 rowhouse was purchased in 1990 for $55,000. It was vacant and in a run-down neighborhood that has improved since then, in part because of people like themselves who took a chance. It is now assessed at $263,140, though under state law the value of that asset is not taken into account in determining their eligibility for SCHIP.