[woodruffw]

> That's right, according to the BLS, healthcare costs went down 0.6% MoM. To anyone with healthcare insurance or medical costs, they know this is an absolutely fake number.

I have health insurance and medical costs, but my healthcare costs definitely haven't increased MoM in the last year or so. In real terms my medical costs have decreased; in nominal terms they're about the same.

[kelnos]

You're just one data point, though. I just got a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago telling me my monthly health insurance premium was going up.

[woodruffw]

This doesn’t necessarily contradict what I’ve said: if inflation is around 7%, my premium can increase by anything less than that and still decrease in real terms.

Mine didn’t increase, but if it had increased by a point or two I wouldn’t have considered that meaningful.

[nateburke]

Yes. I was surprised to find out during open enrollment this year that my premium costs would stay FLAT! First time in years this has been the case.