[meenie]

Medical costs have risen like the national debt because your dollars are cheapened by the outstanding dollars increased by the national debt. We do have a debt-based economic system where increased debt is increased dollars with no increase in total value. This is the reason for our inflation at all levels. Until we get a handle on spending and reducing debt, you can expect conditions to get worse.

[Restorer]

The national debt would cause inflation across the board.

The increase in health care costs compared to other sectors of the economy is due to health care specific factors.

[ccmay]

This is the reason for our inflation at all levels

Uh, sorry, Rip Van Winkle, you're about twenty years too late on that one. Deflation is the problem now.

-ccm

[ghostrider]

Opps! That reply should have gone to meenie not doc11355.