Price inflation accelerated in 2021. A combination of demand recovery and supply chain bottlenecks is pushing prices up for goods and services strongly impacted by the pandemic. However, recent price increases for medical services are largely unrelated to the pandemic. We believe that many price increases are transitory and will gradually moderate, but that overall price inflation will remain elevated into 2022.
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