"In more recent years, increases in health care spending have slowed down. The good news this month is that it is predicted to remain stable in 2013, even though, compared to other costs, it is still pretty high.... One of the biggest contributors to rising costs is prescription drugs. In [a recent] survey, prescription drugs costs were up 10.1 percent -- a 0.5 percent bigger increase than the year before.... But prescription drugs aren't the only factor."  MORE >>