USA TODAY February 21, 2020
This story is the first in a series that looks at how the presidential candidates could shape your family’s finances.
Kitchen table issues are front and center for many Americans as voting continues in presidential caucuses and primaries across the country.
Will their insurance premiums keep rising? Can they manage to save a few hundred dollars for emergencies when so much of their pay goes toward rent? Will they be able to send their kids to college?
Among those money worries, one of the biggest is health care costs, with doctor visits, hospital stays and prescriptions typically topping the list of a family’s biggest expenses.
In 2017, the average American family spent $8,200 on health care, according to...