Healthcare costs are rising rapidly. Some people think a lot of it has to do with malpractice attorneys, and that may be true, but at the same time they could be rising because medical appliances and facilities are increasing rapidly in cost because our technology is getting so advanced. For instance, it costs quite a bit more to make an advanced surgical robot than it does to make a scalpel. Technology is rapidly making huge strides in medicine, but those huge strides do not come for nothing. We are all essentially paying a premium on healthcare for new technologies.