Life expectancy in the U.S. varies greatly by region
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#2I saw all the doom and gloom tweets, but didn't realize most of the cause boils down to policy decisions. Call your elected officials and tell them you don't want to die an avoidable early death.
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#3“Every man dies. Not every man truly experiences sweet tea.” - Southern Braveheart (probably)
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#4One thing that was stark and unbelievable to me is that the sheer number of medical providers in New England, Western and Upper midwestern states are so much higher than the south.
If one were to live in rural America, rural coasts are so much better than rural south, from a medical perspective.
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#5Wow. I knew of course that there was a spread to the average, but I never imagined there were such large swaths of the country that never even make it to full retirement age.
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#7Wow. I knew of course that there was a spread to the average, but I never imagined there were such large swaths of the country that never even make it to full retirement age.
Remember this when they say they want to raise the retirement age.
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#8I saw all the doom and gloom tweets, but didn't realize most of the cause boils down to policy decisions. Call your elected officials and tell them you don't want to die an avoidable early death.
I mean, what else could be the cause? One way or another, it'll come down to some insane policy decision or other.
And this "states vs federal" power struggle in America (not my country) basically guarantees that there will be variance across states. The division of powers made sense in the old days, but in today's day and age it's crazy that there are not more standards set across the board at the federal level.
It's not my battle to fight, but it is depressing to see America squander so many opportunities to make things better.
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#9I saw all the doom and gloom tweets, but didn't realize most of the cause boils down to policy decisions. Call your elected officials and tell them you don't want to die an avoidable early death.
Sure seems to me like any time the technocrat/commentariat/coastal crowd point out the various problems with the American South, it's always with this patronizing schadenfreude vibe.
"Haha guys look at the poor dumb hicks who don't know what's best for them"
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#10“Every man dies. Not every man truly experiences sweet tea.” - Southern Braveheart (probably)
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