LEADERSHIP QUOTE OF THE DAY (23 May 2012): You gain STRENGTH| COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
ENTERTAINMENT
The Cost of Health Care
Here's a quick reality check for you.
If other prices had grown as quickly as healthcare since 1945...
A dozen eggs would cost $55
A pint of milk would cost $48
A dozen oranges would cost $134
Now give a thought for the US Healthcare system. Repealing their healthcare law enacted last year would add $210 billion to their already wheezing national deficit over the next decade.
Here are some comparatives. This is the percentage increase in price for these items since 1962.
Price Increases:
A Hershey bar 1180%
The New York Times 1100%
First class postage 700%
Gasoline (gallon) 284%
Hamburger (McDonald's double) 861%
A Chevrolet (full size) 790%
Refrigerator freezer 60%