New data on a widening nine-year life expectancy gap between rich and poor retirees demonstrates the devastating impacts of the US' profit-driven healthcare system.

“It is shocking and unacceptable that in the United States in 2025, poverty steals almost a decade of older Americans’ lives,” said Ramsey Alwin, president of the National Council on Aging.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    As biotech breakthroughs start to (increasingly?) happen, I would not be surprised to see that number increase, at least for the short term.