Burlison Blasts $40 Trillion Debt, Pushes $27,000 Family Healthcare Fix
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 21
Burlison Blasts $40 Trillion Debt, Pushes $27,000 Family Healthcare Fix
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 21
Summary
Rep. Eric Burlison said Washington is “drunk on spending” even as U.S. debt tops $40 trillion, faulting Republicans as well as Democrats for resisting meaningful cuts.
The Missouri Republican tied that overspending to inflation, higher interest rates and an affordability squeeze, arguing family health insurance premiums have climbed to $27,000 from $6,000 in 2000 instead of roughly $11,000 if they had tracked normal inflation.
Burlison said his answer is a “Great American healthcare plan” built around free-market competition and price transparency, and he argued Republicans need a clearer economic agenda with midterm elections six weeks away.
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