Insurers offer hundreds of different Medicare Advantage plans around the country, and they flood TV airwaves each fall with commercials during the annual open enrollment period for the popular plans.

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It is likely that higher prices will result from the flood induced production short-fall.

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This fall, it will be common for multiple huge game releases to flood retail shelves and drive gamers to Best Buy, GameStop, Wal-Mart and other retailers.

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And, sure enough, every week brings a flood of complaints in the media about the rich getting richer while the incomes of the middle class stagnate or fall.

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Instead, anticipation by the markets of Mr Abe's elections, and the resulting flood of newly-created yen from the central bank's change of attitude, has seen the yen fall steadily in recent months from all-time highs against the dollar and other major currencies, helping provide some relief to the country's beleaguered exporters.

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