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College tuition and health insurance :)
by anonymoushn 3y ago
College tuition and health insurance :)
- doubleg72 3y agoDefinitely not doubled
- anonymoushn 3y agohttps://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college-by-year https://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college-by-year https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Figure-1-12.png https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Figure-1-12.p...
- jtbayly 3y agoGood news! Health insurance has dropped by 37% in the last year, according to the CPI. I tried to ask HN about this a day or so ago… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37880185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37880185
- AlgorithmicTime 3y ago[dead]
- netrus 3y agoIt's an artifact of how the measurement is made, as it accounts for insurance profits. While a good proxy in normal times, corona sent this measure into a wild rollercoaster-ride. However, it is generally a good idea not to change the method of measuring because you do not like the measures in the short term. The most important measure is the headline number (and MoM is more informative than YoY in these times), as it is the basis for actual politics. The headline number absorbs a lot of craziness in the underlying measures.
- jtbayly 3y agoIt's included in CPI, though, right? If so, doesn't that mean this "artifact" has improperly affected the CPI making it look like inflation hasn't been as bad this year as it actually was?