[lcargill99]

Mainly healthcare prices, education and some classes of real estate go up. Those are extremely rent-sought markets, not subject to competitive forces. And inflation is now running less than the 2% Fed target ( including the things mentioned above ). The "fatty smokers" are a rhetorical lightning rod, and hardly a threat to your way of life. Meanwhile healthy gym guy runs up a sports medicine bill.... the emphasis on "fitness" began with John Kennedy, designed to increase the fitness of draftees, and has gone mad-cow viral since ( especially when they figured out you'd pay $100 for a $5 pair of shoes in the 1980s... )