Medical costs are rising faster than pretty much everything else right now

Justin Sullivan/Getty Medical costs are continuing to rise at a faster pace than virtually everything else, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Tuesday. The consumer price index, a measure of average price changes and inflation, rose 0.3% month-on-month and 1.5% year-on-year, according to Bloomberg. Both figures were in line with expectations. On a one-month time frame, the headline CPI was boosted the most by medical costs. The index for medical care commodities �...