Fall in life expectancy for Americans
Arguably the thing that citizens most seek from their country and their way of life is life itself – that is. a good level of life expectancy. By that fundamental test then, the United States is failing its citizens.
Despite being one of the richest countries in the world, in the world rankings of life expectancy America has dropped from 11th to 42nd place in 20 years, according to official US figures. There seem to be two main reasons: expensive health insurance (45 million Americans have no health insurance) and an increasing rate of obesity (almost a third of US adults are obese).
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