Exactly. I was trying to live on about $22K a year, and that barely pays rent (1250/month, but landlord could get up to 2000, they would love me to leave, but where would I go?). Anyhoo, before I ran out, I used savings to supplement, so twice that, almost $30K is what I needed. 1/2
That's with nothing really fancy, car, no vacation really. Health insurance, yeah, deductibles and co-insurance hit hard with my health issues, especially see specialists (orthopedic, rheumatology). So twice poverty level month I needed ---explains that 70 million people needing medicaid help. 2/2
