text:  The Consumer Price Index shows child care costs rising by 3% between December of 2022 through this past December, as preschool and daycare prices increased by 4.5% in the same time frame. The Economic Policy Institute earlier this year ranked the states with the highest child care expenses. The top five were Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, California, Minnesota, and Connecticut. For more health news, go to foxnewshealth.com. House Call for Health, I'm Lisa Brady, Fox News.