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A quick look at education numbers finds that, since 1988, the cost of private four year college has doubled (in inflation-adjusted dollars), and the cost of state four year college has tripled.

Again in constant dollars, health care has seen a more than fivefold increase since 1970, from under $2000 to over $10,000 per capita. Constant dollars, mind you.

Health care and education costs are more or less fixed and unavoidable. They're more like fees than taxes, flat no matter the income.

[TuringNYC]

>> Health care and education costs are more or less fixed and unavoidable. They're more like fees than taxes, flat no matter the income.

Flat if you are lucky enough to be healthy. Enormous once you actually have an issue, like a complicated pregnancy, or something that requires an MRI.

[gowld]

Health care is amazingly better now than it was for our parents.

[spectrum1234]

It's too good.

You can't pay less to get the world class care of ten years ago. Name one other sector you can't pay less for lower quality

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Health care in the US costs twice as much as any other modernized nation, for worse results in many key measures (particularly no universal coverage, and high financial risk to individuals even with good insurance).