Rising health costs pose long-term financial threat to families, study says

Rising health costs pose long-term financial threat to families, study says

BOSTON – Spiraling health care costs pose a grave fiscal threat to families, threatening to eat up as much as 45 percent of household incomes and crowd out other basic needs within two decades, according to a recent study.

"You're looking at an unprecedented fiscal crisis for American families," said Matt Blackbourn, the author of the study from the Pioneer Institute in Boston.

Bush spars with Trump supporter over foreign policy
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Bush spars with Trump supporter over foreign policy

Associated Press

AMHERST, N.H. (AP) — A fiery Jeb Bush defended his foreign policy strategies Saturday in the face of criticism from a Donald Trump supporter who showed up at one of Bush's town hall meetings.

Christopher Mazerall, a town chairman for Trump's New Hampshire campaign, said he decided to come by Bush's event on his way to make calls for Trump's presidential bid.

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