Recent government research highlights growing disparities in life expectancy across socioeconomic backgrounds. We discuss why health disparities exist between the rich and poor and among minority groups.
- More: Unnatural Causes – official website of the four-part PBS series on racial and socioeconomic inequalities in health premiering March 27
- More: “Increasing Inequality in Life Expectancy” – Congressional Budget Office director Peter Oszag’s blog addresses the issue