The article “Differences In Life Expectancy Due To Race And Educational Differences Are Widening, And Many May Not Catch Up” in Health Affairs was cited in the NYT piece to illustrate “health problems are increasingly concentrated among less educated workers and they’re falling further and further behind” economically.

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