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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (26448)	12/22/2002 7:39:43 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Chicken is one of the cheapest things in the universe (it was $.39/pound 30 years ago) unless of course you go for the range fed organic feed variety. My health insurance stayed absolutely even for seven years until a year ago while they continually added to the number of treatments that they covered and added to the preventative care items that were covered without a deductible. When it finally went up last year, it rose 26%. I just got a notice the other day it's up an additional 10% for '03. The good news is that next year it's 100% deductible for self employed people like myself so the increase is almost a wash. I know my plan is unusual. Until recently it was operating as a heavily regulated non-profit (Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Maryland) and it has converted to a for profit corp. Every time I compare what I pay with other people who pay their own insurance I realize just how good a deal I've had for years. That rise in the cost of bread can be accounted for in the rising cost of labor, a big portion of which involves rising insurance rates for both health and workers comp.

To: S. maltophilia who wrote (26448)	12/22/2002 10:01:19 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 74559

LOL, there's bread, and bread... as for chicken, if you want free range you pay up nicely. Probably well worth it... but no 'scientific evidence' to 'prove it'! So you've got a product that hasn't moved much [inflation adj] since the 40's [regular junk chicken] and a product that has probably increased in price about = to inflation [free range]. The free range is what you USED to get anyway. You have to wonder how much of the real price decreases in food are even real, and how much is simply unsustainable bullshit methods making the population obese. DAK