Yes it has been happening for a few years now. I go shopping once a fortnight and come home with less and it cost more. When you're on an age pension it's very hard to make ends meet. The supermarkets blame the companies that produce their products but I believe the supermarkets are behind it...
Don't worry about doctors they are doing quite well out of Medicare.If you stop and think and add up all the patients they get every day and by the end of the week they earn a income much more than you or I.