a look at the inflation calculator here, a dollar in 1913 has the buying power today of $23.00. that means in 1913, my last major surgery and hospital stay should have cost $26,068 in us dollars instead of the $600,000 plus it cost in today’s inflated prices. the solution to all this health care debate nonsense is to get government out of it and allow for more choices in the type of medical care an individual can take part in…that is true freedom. 