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January 14, 2021

Health data

2020

US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
Study: 57% of Collisions Involve Phone Use
Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year

Suicides Among U.S. Kids, Young Adults Jumped 57% in Past Decade

2019
States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw a 50 percent greater reduction in infant mortality than non-expansion states 
About physician assisted death
Seniors' health improving, but rates of depression, anxiety rising
Washington state's new long term healthcare  

2018 
Healthiest and least healthiest states
Serious rise in suicides
US now ranks 27th in healthcare and education
America's absurd drug pricesHow one town made compassion a health priority US healthcare costs soar over other high-income countries
The role of psychiatric drugs in violence
1 in 12 Americans live with chronic pain
More Americans dying at home
Depression found up 33% in recent years
Mental health by the numbers
US not good for children's survival
Cancer death rate dropping

LINKS

Worst Pills
Physicians For Nat Health Plan
PATIENT PRIVACY RIGHTS
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Safety. com

UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS

 

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