I also think a lot of the "health care crisis" is the same "crisis" that affects cable rates, taxi surcharges, UPS rates, college tuition (things China can't produce with slave labor) - it is called inflation.
That's about it. If it's a manufactured good it's prone to deflation, courtesy of increasing productivity and outsourcing. But if it's a service that isn't subject to productivity gains or outsourcing then inflation shows up.