Medicare plans ending, Gen Z interviews, record-low birth rate

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMedicare open enrollment runs through December seventh, and as many as five million seniors need to log on and pick a new Medicare Advantage plan.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe average beneficiary can choose from thirty-five plans for next year, down from thirty-nine.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorUnitedHealth is leaving two hundred twenty-eight counties and entering nine. Health Care Service Corporation is leaving four hundred ninety-eight and entering none.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFederal officials call the options stable, with lower average premiums.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIn other news, the United States birth rate hit a record low, the CDC says, with three point six million births last year.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorWomen over thirty are the only ones holding the line.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd in Gen Z hiring, one survey says twenty percent of young workers have had a parent join a job interview. Mum came to the interview, and she is also my reference.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwenty percent. Counting one-time visits, mind you.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Taurids, the so-called Halloween fireballs, are really two separate showers, so the name is only a nickname.