A Paragraph to Ponder

From the July 29, 2012 Dallas Morning News by Eli Lehrer - - Your doctor's big, fat paycheck:

"Between 2005 and 2011, as overall average wages barely kept pace with inflation (with rising health costs making real take-home pay flat for many workers), average medical wages grew a healthy 18 percent, rising from just over $62,000 to almost $73,000.  The American Hospital Association estimates that two-thirds of medical costs are attributable to wages and benefits."