Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
This Mexico house is a sometimes rental, sort of shared/rented, and at the moment is 100% rented and my friend stays in the back Maid's quarters when he takes his months at a time vacations.

Ok, here's what really bugs me: its whining about having no money, whining about the high cost of insurance (and it is bloody high, I agree!) but then deliberately not working and taking the handout. The whining woe-is-me-I-am-a-victim gets to me.

No one who has clean, measurable assets of $400,000 is a victim. I so tire of victim mentality.
I agree with you, that no one with $400,000 in assets is a victim. In a way. Without insurance once serious illness such as cancer could wipe those assets clean away. But with that kind of money one can afford insurance or could meet financial requirements to obtain permanent residency in another country with much lower health care costs. I vote for the latter, no surprise there, but I also understand that not everyone would want the latter. I do think to some degree that we are ALL victims or a least potential victims to a health care system that works against us and not for us - I see that as being true for someone with $400,000 in assets, too. But I would also agree that someone with those kinds of assets should not be getting Medicaid......That in my book is working the system. Rob