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In reply to the discussion: “Consumers Aren’t Spending Even In a Booming Job Market” [View all]CountAllVotes
(20,868 posts)47. Yes they do
I am retired and still pay dues.
They have a list of plans to choose from and there are only 3 of them where I live and the one I have is supposedly the best of the lot.
The employer is a big one with some 35,000 retired members in it.
I've watched it go from $1 co-pays to this $100 a hit thing.
I am permanently disabled so very few choices including doctors!
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I guarantee you that the ACA has negatively impacted my wife's income
taught_me_patience
Mar 2015
#55
One factor: the rising cost of healthcare is sucking every dime out of the economy
GreatGazoo
Mar 2015
#3
You're on Medicare and your union tells you what supplemental or Advantage plan you can have?
SheilaT
Mar 2015
#46
Then look into the Advantage and supplemental plans for your part of the world if you are over 65.
SheilaT
Mar 2015
#48
I believe it's because of the ACA, which requires various routine office visits be free.
SheilaT
Mar 2015
#64
Complaining about consumer spending...in a BOOMING job market? Thanks, Obama.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#4
My own personal saga may help shed light on this paradox. After a prolonged bout
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#5
I'm making ends meet with only one job (at the 30% pay cut), but only barely. If I want to have fun,
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#20
I read somewhere quite awhile ago that 95% of the gains from this so-called
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#18
The more often I live without tv, the more irritating it feels when I see one blaring away.
dixiegrrrrl
Mar 2015
#66