Medicare is expected to cost less - $146 billion, but its costs are climbing much faster.

By the time the project was completed 11 years later, the total cost had climbed to just over $1 million.

The package attracted little notice at the time, but the cost has since climbed.

And the cost can climb into the thousands of dollars.

But the cost of running a dairy farm has climbed.

AS the cost of new housing climbs, more people become interested in doing their own building or remodeling.

But with the best water development sites already taken, the cost of new sources is climbing.

The cost of other resources had also climbed by the late 1970s.

Production slipped by 7.6 percent and costs climbed to $263 an ounce from $246.

But with costs climbing at a faster rate than wages, how does a small business keep up?