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People are living longer (but not really in the US), but the health span is not seeing the same increase unfortunately.


The metric of “living longer” isn’t the same as “life expectancy once you reach the age of 65”, for example. In the US, when someone cites a statistic that our average life span decreased, it’s due to the effects of early-life mortality on the mean. If you make it past 65, it’s a different statistic.


there is not one USA with respect to these things.. "all people" did not stop living more than 65 years recently




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