There's an old story wherein F. Scott Fitzgerald supposedly told Ernest Hemingway, "The rich are different than you and me." To which Hemingway purportedly quipped, "Yes, they have more money."
Alas, the story is most likely not true, but the gist of it remains truer than ever. A recent study shows that men in the top 1% in income outlive the the poorest men by fifteen years. For women, it's ten years.
While it will be interesting to see if Obamacare will eventually shrink that difference, I have to admit to being quite shocked the difference was so pronounced. And to being not just a little angry--there is something seriously wrong with a nation that would allow so many people to die early simply for a lack of funds.
And makes Bernie Sanders call for Medicare for all that much more significant and all the more important to put in this summer's Democratic platform.
Peace,
emaycee
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