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Whatever Happened to American Longevity?

By Maggie Mahar and Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. Posted May 4, 2008.


In the past 20 years, the U.S. has sunk from ranking No. 11 in life expectancy to No. 42. What gives?
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Maggie Mahar is a fellow at The Century Foundation and the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006).

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