Death. Its the inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. The new numbers, published in the proceedings of the National Academy of sciences turn what you think you know about this country upside down. In 1850, an americans Life Expectancy at birth was barely 40 years, and 100 years later, 65. And half a century later, another decade had been added on. Most of the increase was due to increase in infant mortality. But even allowing for that, you might assume that the progress would go on and on. And for sure, conversation busy medicine, retirement and aging are all premised on the idea that the trend line would simply go higher and higher. Thats why a surge showing a startling increase in the death rate of middleaged white americans is surprising. More middleaged americans are dying than before. Specifically those without higher education. Those are the findings by princeton economists, who won the noble prize last month, and his wife. They were studying statistics on happines
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Affording healthcare is a struggle for half of working-age Americans, and almost one-third are overwhelmed by medical debt, according to a new survey of 6,100 adults by The Commonwealth Fund.
Republicans aren’t just at war with each other in the U.S. House of Representatives: They’ve been quietly at war with their own constituents for decades. The Washington Post has a lengthy case study of what this has meant for one state taken over by Republicans: Ohio. One study the Post cites estima.