It's the challenging but achievable career choices (such as joining the professions) that are avoided by High-FFs.

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Moreover, 90 percent of Medicare FFS enrollees have supplemental insurance that pays for all of the costs that Medicare does not cover.

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High-FFs keep their ambitions either low or -- as a mask for their insecurities -- extraordinarily high (knowing that failing to become a TV star will be kindly judged).

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Summary statistics for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries residing in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, who were continuously enrolled in Medicare FFS, parts A and B, for 2011.

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