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A lot of good discussion in response to this (some bad discussion to). I guess thinking about it I’m less interested in the statistical analysis than the “what are some forward-looking strategies that could translate America’s riches into fewer people dying?” — PolitiTweet.org

Why is life expectancy in the United States so bad? It seems perverse to be richer than these other countries but… https://t.co/GlDbNffyU9

Posted July 3, 2022 Hibernated

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In response to this a number of conservatives have cited the Yellen/Akerlof paper which argues that legal abortion *and the birth control pill* led to increased unmarried parenting. But I feel like if I said “Republicans want to ban contraceptives” that would sound paranoid. — PolitiTweet.org

As @MattZeitlin wrote for @gridnews a few weeks back, there's good evidence from Yellin/Akerlof/Katz that legalized… https://t.co/hSaUiFUTCY

Posted July 3, 2022 Hibernated

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The opioid overdose issue, in particular, seems to be getting worse and worse and I haven’t seen many good ideas for meaningfully improving it. https://t.co/WJk0sPThqn — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 3, 2022 Hibernated