PYMNTS.com March 5, 2020

Perhaps it may be the coronavirus – understandably so – that is spurring Americans to think of healthcare costs.

And healthcare costs are increasingly at top of mind as voters eye the polls in the 2020 presidential campaign.

The Financial Times reported on Thursday (March 5) that a survey of likely voters conducted by the FT and the Peter G Peterson Foundation found that 34 percent of Americans view rising healthcare costs as among the “darkest clouds” threatening the U.S. economy.

That represents a jump over the 26 percent of people (defined as more than 1,000 likely voters who responded to the survey) who voiced similar sentiments only five months ago.

For those keeping score, at least through the prism...

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