Comments on: Consumer Binge Spending – On Healthcare?

By: Dee Dee

Dee Dee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:13:21 +0000

The interesting thing is, as consumer spending on health care has risen, our spending on food has declined at the same rate. The 99-cent cheeseburger might save us money upfront but it’ll cost us more in health care down the road.

By: Dan Chandler

Dan Chandler — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:49:00 +0000

It really should not surprise anyone that healthcare has been increasing as a portion of total spending. Both the persistant much higher than CPI inflation and the aging population would make that inevitable. The surprise is that it accounts for essentially all of the increase in consuption.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:20:48 +0000

That is a interesting insight… i never knew we were spending so much on health care.

By: Elon Altar

Elon Altar — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:43:05 +0000

I think you may be onto something Ed – check it out: http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2009/12/the-cost-of-care.html