51.   Oxford Health Plans said that its financial problems, which sent its stock price into a tailspin Monday, would not be felt by consumers.

52.   Record execs also suspect that consumers will feel more confident about buying CD Plus.

53.   Retail sales have been respectable and confidence surveys show the consumer is feeling fairly upbeat.

54.   Rising stock prices would help the economy by making consumers feel wealthier and allowing companies to raise money on favorable terms.

55.   Right now, the numbers show consumers feel pretty good.

56.   Soaring share prices have made consumers feel much wealthier.

57.   Some consumers do not feel satisfied unless they make themselves heard.

58.   Still, James Padinah, an economist with Briefing.com in Jackson Hole Wyoming, said consumers still feel generally positive about the economy.

59.   Surveys suggest that consumers feel more comfortable with primary-care doctors, whom they see as representing the personal doctor-patient relationships of generations past.

60.   The answer to reversing the trend of exploding health-care costs is to make consumers feel some of the discomfort of the expense.