What you did not mention are the cash drains:
rent
insurance
property tax
prescription drugs
RENT - If you are "low-income" there are Subsidized Apartments. HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants. To apply, contact or visit the management office of each apartment building that interests you.
And Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) To apply for either type of help, visit your local Public Housing Agency (PHA).
INSURANCE - Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide free or low-cost health coverage to some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created government subsidies to help low- and middle-income people pay for health insurance. Medicare Part B is only free if you have a low income and are enrolled in one of the Medicare Savings Programs for financial assistance.
PROPERTY TAX - low income usually are renters, while A tool used in a number of jurisdictions for mitigating these effects on those with limited incomes is the property tax “circuit breaker,” which caps the amount of property tax that homeowners have to pay as a share of their income, much like the electric circuit breaker which provides protection against overloading an electrical system. - https://localhousingsolutions.org/housing-policy-library/property-tax-relief-for-income-qualified-homeowners/
Community health centers may offer prescription assistance to low-income patients.
You might qualify for free medicines (or low-cost ones) if: You don’t have health insurance. You don’t have enough health insurance to afford them. The drugs you need aren't covered by your insurance.
Medicare Part D provides drug coverage. The Extra Help program helps with the cost of your prescription drugs, like deductibles and copays. How to Get Low-Cost or Free Prescriptions
Certainly health costs are a problem, but the purpose of the article was to show that the Left works to increase and keep people dependent on the gov., meaning liberals, thus keeping them in power. For instance:
In 2017, Congress enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which expanded the existing Child Tax Credit program into a generous credit for millions of Americans Congress has pumped nearly $5 trillion taxpayer dollars into COVID-19 “relief” spending. The food stamp program has also been modified under the guise of COVID-19 relief. Beginning with the passage of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA), the federal government suspended the work requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents in the program For millions of people, staying home still pays better than returning to work. - https://thefga.org/research/expanded-welfare-keeping-americans-from-working/