Costs have risen faster than general inflation and that is not going to change.

Health care costs have been rising faster than general inflation, and drug prices are the biggest single factor, experts say.

That would still be well ahead of the rate of general inflation.

This single price change would not, however, represent general inflation in an overall economy.

The first, more obvious one is that people forget about general inflation.

Under one such proposal, the property tax would grow at the rate of general inflation, starting in 2006.

The Republican plan instead has this support rising with the consumer price index (general inflation).

Advances in modern medicine has pushed health care costs up at a far faster rate than general inflation.

At the same time, book costs have raced ahead of general inflation.

And the doctors are entitled to an increase for general inflation.