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    Which Medicare Advantage Plan will you be choosing for 2025 & Why?

    I say it depends on the plan, where you live, and know if your providers are in network our out of network. We have been on Medicare Advantage with BC/BS for over 5 years and love it. Did you know that to be on a Medicare advantage plan you have to be on Medicare?
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    NW Montana

    NW Montana
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    Would you want to visit old duty stations, bases, etc?

    I would but I think that will not happen. Camp Chaffe AR, Arlington Hall VA, and Frankfort Germany.
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    With the cost of living out of control, will there be a Christmas this year?

    Thanks for asking hear are two. You need to get up to speed on the effect of inflation. www.cnn.com › 2023/08/11 › economyUS inflation means families are spending $709 more per month ... Aug 11, 2023 · New York CNN —. US inflation has had a snowballing effect on family budgets. The typical...
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    With the cost of living out of control, will there be a Christmas this year?

    Your link shows the rate for one year from August 2022 thru August 2023. I look at the last two years and how the average family is paying around $400 to $600 more each month for their basic needs (many links to the numbers). I don't think that prices will go down. With inflation things like...
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    With the cost of living out of control, will there be a Christmas this year?

    Not like they have gone up in the last 18 months.
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    With the cost of living out of control, will there be a Christmas this year?

    And our PP taxes went up 25% this year.
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    With the cost of living out of control, will there be a Christmas this year?

    The cost of essentials like food, utilities are up.
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    Christmas season getting earlier and earlier

    I was with JC Penny in 1960 and we did not put up any Christas decorations until Thanksgiving Day. I was a management trainee and was asked if I would help on Thanksgiving Day. I had little choice.
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    Another Franklin Fund Nosedive

    My account lost just over $14,000.00 in September. It was a bad month for the market for many reasons.
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    Dwayne Johnson and Oprah Winfrey face backlash for asking fans to donate to Maui fund

    I think that most people have feel good when they donate. I do and donate every month to five charities. It all adds up, look at the Jerry Lewis labor day telethon. I say good to Winfrey and Johnson for starting this fund.
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    The end of the daily paper?

    I wanted to hear if others had the problem we have and what they think.
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    The end of the daily paper?

    Not the same. We like to read the paper while having our breakfast, each having their favorite sections. And the online is not free.
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    The end of the daily paper?

    We have a daily newspaper that is owned by the LEE corp. After getting it delivered each morning 7 days a week it has gone to 3 days a week and it come in the mail which can be anytime from 11 am to 4pm. And the kicker is the price we pay is still $399 a year? Should we cancel the paper?
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    Mother knows how to ask son question about his new business...

    Shortly after starting my family clothing store my parents were visiting. We had a good day and I told them what our sales were for the day. My mother asked, "how much of that do you get to keep"? That hit the nail on the head.
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