Are rising costs a bad thing? If rising costs are due to rising demand rising health care costs is not necessarily a bad thing People are not necessarily worse off If rising costs are due to rising prices Rising costs does harm consumers Health is getting more expensive to produce,so people will either have to cut back on health care or spend more money to stay healthy Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomicsBhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Are rising costs a bad thing?  If rising costs are due to rising demand  rising health care costs is not necessarily a bad thing  People are not necessarily worse off  If rising costs are due to rising prices  Rising costs does harm consumers  Health is getting more expensive to produce, so people will either have to cut back on health care or spend more money to stay healthy