[applause] i need to thank my wife, jenny. [applause] when we talked about hothsing a house party and she agreed i think she might have had something a little smaller in mind. i want to recognize my mother and father -- my mother and fournl, the goodriches who are somewhere. for helping us pull this event off. i'm very lucky in my in-awes -- laws and i want to also point automy mom and dad, tom and mary cullen, who are every here. governor bush and i share something in common, we both have very strong, tough mothers. if you haven't had a chance to meet my mom and dad, i hope you'll take that opportunity tonight. so four years ago, in the last primary season, we had a lot of candidates running for president but we didn't have enough serious, credible, substantive candidates. if governor bush were to become a candidate, he's a one-person antidote for that problem. this fam -- his family has distinguished itself in service to our nation. i like that governor bush was a successful two-term governor of a big, diverse state like flo

greta: hold on, jenny. she said the employer said taxes would go up. ok, jenny. caller: they said it would go up on it to a huge amount where they are a big company and there is no way they could afford it for everyone. so some of us got cut on that, obviously the higher up you were, the less likely you got cut. as far as the price of insurance, it is ridiculous now. mary: i find this interesting that someone would tell you it is the tax on the plan that would go up. i would think it is the premium increase and i wonder why your premium went up if you had cadillac coverage. it is hard to compare what you had before and what you have now. one trend that has happened before the affordable care act was continuing with it, is that employers, and i am not saying this is what is happening to you, but employers are shifting more of the cost for health care onto employees. sometimes even if it's the same amount of coverage, they have employees pay a higher premium -- share of the premium or more co-pays or deductibles. i do wonder what is happening in your market. did yo

jenny and i are so grateful. house parties are such an important part of our primaries here in new hampshire. candidates or potential candidates come and meet with voters in small group setings and make sure case and answer our questions and rise or fall in their own merits many. it has serves our country very well over the last many decades. we're especially honored to host governor bush since he is thinking about running next year. the fact that he wanted to do a house party of part of his first visit sends an important message about the kind of campaign he might run in new hampshire if he becomes a candidate here. i want to recognize a couple people and hold your applause until a little bit later. the mayor of dover, karin weston is here. john o'connor is here. here's our mayor. and doris is here. she's in her eighth decade as an educatedor serving her 27th year on the school board and a true marvel. i need to thank my wife jenny. when we walking about having a house party i think she may have had something sm

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[applause] >> i need to thank my wife jenny. [laughter] [applause] >> when we talked about hosting a house party and she agreed, i think she might have had something a little smaller and mind. -- in mind. [laughter] >> i want to recognize my mother and father in law. i am very lucky in my in-laws. i want to point out my mom and dad, who i think are over here. governor bush and i share something in common. we have a strong, tough mother's. if you haven't had a chance to meet my mom and dad, i hope you will make the opportunity tonight. four years ago in the last primary season, we had a lot of candidates running for president, but we did not have enough serious credible substantive candidates. and governor bush work to become a candidate, he is a one person into the for that problem. he has distinguished himself to our nation. i like the fact that he was a successful fiscally conservative two-term governor of a big and diverse state, florida. i appreciate the education reform was a signature issue for you. i appreciate that gover

[applause] i need to thank my wife jenny. [laughter] [applause] when we talked about hosting a house party, and she agreed, she may have had something smaller in mind. i want to recognize my mother and father, the good ridges, who [indiscernible] they helped us pull this off. i am lucky in my in-laws. my mom and dad, who are over here. . we both have strong, tough mothers. if you haven't had a chance to meet my mom and dad i hope you'll make that opportunity tonight. four years ago and the last primary season we had a lot of candidates running for president but we didn't have enough serious, credible candidates. if governor bush were to become a candidate he is the one person antidote for that problem. his family has distinguished itself in service to our nation. governor bush was a successful, fiscally conservative two-term governor of a big and diverse state. education reform and innovation was a signature issue while governor. i appreciate governor bush has been a leading voice on fixing and modernizing our broken inner ra

what we discovered working with the great researcher jenny work with the the the dollars -- every single case. he thought it was some remote bird disease. there were lots of explanations. what the center did was to go back and compile the precise medical records of some 17, 1800 cases and examine the findings and some of those people had died. after they died, the autopsy show autopsy showed that they in fact have black line. chris came to us from the center, and with the producer we work together using the incredible research the kind that we would probably not spending a year and a half doing and putting that together with our ability to sit down at johns hopkins an interview this doctor p. after our report that program was suspended. the department of labor since moved to reopen every single case where minors have been denied. again and again, there are many miners who have died who had been determined by their own doctors that they have black long after this doctor at hopkins said they did not. the government reached out to take back the benefits. a clawback of benefits. so that was,

to the work at the department, the work cuts across a number of different areas, nih and research is jenny what comes to find out where the biggest dollars are spent is actually in cms and making sure we are thinking through the issues in a state because that's where the dollars. the other thing is committee for living where we were going to think about things like those that are caregivers and those that are going through the process of dementia and how they deal with it. as a department we work through all of those. there is this overall advisory group we have externally and includes internal members. >> the population is aging rapidly obviously, and alzheimer's is taking a much bigger poll -- toll and the number of people living with dementia will continue to grow as baby boomers age. you mentioned the research that is going on, so what is hhs, and h. doing to find if you're? >> in this budget you see a 24% increase to funding for alzheimer's which is much greater than a% increase in within the other nih. focusing keep on doing that but it's also part of the brain initiative as a think