I found this post (not by an economist, mind you, but by a psychiatrist who also writes about economics and politics a lot) helpful in thinking about this "cost

I found this post (not by an economist, mind you, but by a psychiatrist who also writes about economics and politics a lot) helpful in thinking about this "cost disease" that afflicts healthcare and many other industries. http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost-disease/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost-...