Was Life Easier in the Fifties?
The Political Orphanage
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A Comparison of Health Care Costs and Life Expectancy Between the 50s and Contemporary America
Exploring the drastic increase in health care expenses from the 1950s to present-day America, focusing on how contemporary Americans spend substantially more on health care compared to their counterparts in the past. The chapter also touches on variations in life expectancy, environmental factors, and retirement savings between the two eras.
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