Tag: healthcare

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The differences in Americans’ longevity, depending on one’s income level, are striking. The annual death rates for 50- to 74-year-old men and women with the lowest earnings are more than double what they are for high earners. This gap in life spans, which is well-documented in the research literature, has been growing with each new…

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In last Tuesday’s election, voters in Massachusetts and three cities – Oakland, California, and Montclair and Trenton, New Jersey – approved paid sick time initiatives that benefit working mothers in particular. These election results come on the heels of a slew of similar initiatives approved in the past year covering all or certain groups of…