** US health care costs are surging and soon the aging population will spend 1 out of 5 dollars on health care costs according to government analysts.

By 2015, health care bills are estimated to reach over $4 trillion dollars. Medicare spending will double , from $309 billion in 2004 to $792 billion in 2015. Spending on nursing homes is projection to grow from $121.7 billion in 2005 to $216.8 billion in 20015. Home health (the largest growing sector in health care) is expected do increase form $49 billion in 2004 to $103.7 billion in 20015 — IBD 2/23/06