Compare medical cost increases to overall inflation: the cpi-u for medical care expenses was 260.8 in 2000 and 484.0 in april 2018. the overall cpi-u was 172.2 in 2000 and 250.5 in april 2018. a). what would we expect the cpi-u for medical care expenses to be in april 2018 if medical care expenses had increased at the average rate of inflation since 2000?
b). compare actual increases in medical care expenses to the overall inflation rate for this time period.