host: margot sanger katz, what is the trend for health care costs?: i think this is a real trend. health care is expensive and it's growing and historically for decades. the cost of providing health care to an individual person has grown faster than inflation and the overall economy and more than wages. the experience that people have that all my god, my premiums are getting higher and wages are not getting higher, that's a real phenomenon people are expensive, but there is some good news. over the last 10 years, those increases have been a lot smaller than they have been historically. it is starting to look like the increases in the cost of health care look more like the increases in the cost of wages. the increases in the cost of wages. that is not the same as saying health care is getting cheaper, but there is a hope that changes that are happening now may clamp down on this growth so people are not experiencing these increases all the time. host: scott in georgia. caller: i want to make two comments. government represents about 55% of the expense

employer-based health care with margot sanger katz of "the new york times." and national security institute found er with the latest on the house intelligence committee mem memos. join the discussion. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> athletes competed in the first events of the winter olympics in south korea today. on "washington journal," we talk to drexel university's athletic director about the history of the olympic games and their role in politics. this is a half hour. >> joining us is dr. eric zillmer from drexel university, here to talk about politics and the olympic games. good morning, sir. dr. zillmer, how political do olympic games generally get? how much more this year because they're in south korea? >> yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter olympic games, known as the political games. they've been political from the beginning of time. even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b.c., th

the creative solutions private companies are using to deliver employer-based health care with margot sanger katzf "the new york times." and national security institute found er with the latest on the house intelligence committee mem memos. join the discussion. >>> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public serviceamerica's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> athletes competed in the first events of the winter olympics in south korea today. on "washington journal," we talk to drexel university's athletic director about the history of the olympic games and their