'I’m lucky if I have $25 left, after I buy my food and get my medicines.” As inflation increases, people tell us they are having anxiety about how they will afford to live.
Ransom continued, “You know, you go in and family pack and meat used to be $10. Now a three person pack of meat is $15. It’s just a lot. Milk, eggs, it’s killing me.”
Bhup Singh is paying $735 for a studio apartment and is living off of a pension and social security. “I’m dealing by cutting back on some things and eating less,” Singh said. “I’m 75 years young and I didn’t look forward to this.” When it comes to health care, the cost is increased. Going to the eye doctor is more expensive, and so are the prices of glasses. A pair that cost $278 last year cost $10 more this year.
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