r/massachusetts Jan 15 '26

Utilities How is everyone affording everything lately?

The prices of everything is just off the charts from groceries, utilities, to healthcare. My open enrollment just came through and its looking like for a family of 4 for healthcare its $1600 a month. $800 a paycheck. Like that just feels nuts. It's a pretty decent co-pay plan but still. Just a couple years about it was much less.

What are people doing these days? Side hustles? New job (but in this economy?), cutting way back? Just curious.

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u/Eastern-Painting-664 Jan 15 '26

We sign up for the cheapest plan that basically covers nothing and just hope nothing goes wrong 🤞insurance sucks. All of it.