Medical care and tution is part of the BLS measure of inflation: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_methods.htm http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_methods.htm OTOH, I'd be a

Medical care and tution is part of the BLS measure of inflation: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_methods.htm http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_methods.htm OTOH, I'd be a fool to disagree with your assessment given how much greater of a percentage goes to the items you listed today.