Following up the recent information on the change in largest employers by state from a week or so ago.
Thank you, Mark Perry, for the graph.
Selected US Consumer Goods and Services, Wages.
Remember the migration to largest job bases to “medical”?
Medical Services, college tuition, college textbooks (do they even need these with a laptop in every backpack?), childcare (both parents working to pay taxes?), Medical care services, housing (printing money and giving it away) and then food/beverages (does inflation drive people to drink?)…
How has Obama Care worked out for everyone? Asking for a friend…
Point of reference, the average annual inflation rate in the United States from 2000 to 2025 is 3.29%. This figure reflects the overall change in prices for goods and services during this period.
For another view, here is a similar time period from Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.
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