@sidestepper. I don't know what state you are in but in Michigan I recently qualified for Medicaid under the new ObamaCare expansion of medicare. There is no asset test anymore. You are allowed to have a house and a car and some money. You have to be under 133% of the federal poverty level which I think is about 16,000 for single.

I feel guilty because the insurance is better than most private insurance these days. I know it is better than what my plumbing union is offering now a days. We used to have gold plated insurance in the union but they have cut it back so much.