Million-dollar homes are commonplace, and even ramshackle units come with high price tags in East Palo Alto and other low-income communities along the Bayshore Freeway.
At BayShore Dura Medical, Lopez and Mendia complain that some of the new CMS rules penalize legitimate companies while still not doing enough to weed out fraud.
Binard, who works at the Bayshore Concrete Products Corp. in Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore, said voters are looking for an "easy fix" because of the fierce economic climate.