The story on healthcare is complicated, but growth in healthcare costs has actually slowed dramatically in the last few years. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/20

The story on healthcare is complicated, but growth in healthcare costs has actually slowed dramatically in the last few years. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/health-care-spending_n_6256166.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/health-care-spendin... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141223/NEWS/312239976 http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141223/NEWS/312239... Also on housing: http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-07-01/the-re-explosion-of-u-dot-s-dot-house-prices-is-over http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-07-01/the-re-explo... The Bay Area (and probably New York) are alternate housing realities that have nothing to do with the larger picture of the economy. And housing costs in the Bay Area can mostly be explained by a bizarre alliance between left progressives and wealthy homeowners who both somehow think of the view from their bedroom windows as a basic human right.