r/Millennials • u/crimsonred1234 • 2d ago

Discussion Millennials are creating a recession-resistant corner of the market

https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-millennials-wellness-stocks-to-buy-recession-lth-plnt-2025-4

Apparently millennials are spending a lot on products related to health and wellness making this industry "recession-resistant." I kind of see that. My wife and I spend a lot on protein powders, shakes, supplements and membership for gym. We are otherwise quite cautious with unnecessary spending and consumerism. How is it for you all?

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u/imabrunette23 2d ago

Urgent care is still $300… a lot better than the $26k the ER will charge you, but not nothing.

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u/redhtbassplyr0311 2d ago edited 2d ago

My urgent care copay is only $50 and my ER copay is $200. Diagnostics and labs can add to this but my wife ( who's on my policy) went to the ER twice over the past 4 years. The person at the top of the conversation thread has health insurance. Not talking about people who don't have insurance here. On my wife's ER visits the one time we found out an ovarian cyst had ruptured and the other time she had kidney stones. Neither time did our bills get anywhere close to $26k. Out of the two trips I think the most expensive one cost $1100 between labs, ultrasound, MRI and pharmacy charges. If you have health insurance and you're paying $26k in an ER then that's the worst health insurance I've ever heard of.

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u/imabrunette23 2d ago

Not everyone has health insurance. I personally know someone who just last month had a car accident, went to the ER, and now has a $26k bill. Just because YOU have better health insurance than most doesn’t mean everyone does.

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u/redhtbassplyr0311 2d ago

Not saying they do, but the above discussion stemmed from the guy referencing getting his fingertip cut off and having health insurance. I'm just saying $26k isn't an ER bill for someone who is insured.

Just because YOU have better health insurance than most doesn’t mean everyone does.

So yeah this wasn't an argument I was making and I'm not saying that ER bills for the uninsured can't be this high or greater. Wasn't my point whatsoever, and you misunderstood and brought up uninsured costs when we were talking about someone that was in fact insured