This is the CPI (Consumer Price Index) to date for 2019. Kindly note Medical care services increased by 4.4 percent. This is a direct assault on the people with fixed income, which includes the elderly and disabled.

The current health care system needs to be replaced with one that delivers care without the middle man claiming his stock revenues. Enough of this mess. The people of the USA need good quality health care that doesn't sap them dry, allows for more disposable income for families and ultimately forcing Americans to decide to declare bankruptcy.

Whatever increase in salary Americans are receiving in 2019 is being eaten up by the costs of living. In other words, quality of life is diminishing as costs of living increases.