America has a life expectancy crisis. AdvertisementA year after Califf’s dire warnings, Americans’ life expectancy decline remains a pressing public health problem — but not a political priority. In an interview, Califf confirmed he’d urged colleagues in “so many” meetings to take action on America’s eroding life expectancy. ), whose state had the third-worst life expectancy in 2020, about 73 years, recently suggested that life expectancy would even go up for young Americans. Share this article Share“Every meeting at the VA was about ‘life expectancy,’ but I can’t tell you we put charts on the wall of ‘what’s the life expectancy of a veteran,’” said Robert A. McDonald, secretary of veterans affairs under President Barack Obama.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2023 00:25 UTC