The decline in life expectancy

Headline: “From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy continued to decline in the U.S. while rebounding in most comparable countries.” The source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker (links below.)

The graph below is stunning. Yes, there is a sharp decline said to be due to covid-19 (though they use dubious, biased CDC covid-19 data). But, more importantly, the comparison of the long term trends should set off all of your alarms.

Excerpt: “Life expectancy in the U.S. and peer countries generally increased from 1980-2019, but decreased in most countries in 2020 due to COVID-19. From 2020 to 2021, life expectancy at birth began to rebound in most comparable countries while it continued to decline in the U.S. The CDC estimates life expectancy at birth in the U.S. decreased to 76.1 years in 2021, down 2.7 years from 78.8 years in 2019 and down 0.9 years from 2020. The average life expectancy at birth among comparable countries was 82.4 years in 2021, down 0.2 years from 2019 and up 0.4 years from 2020. (Note: 2021 life expectancy estimates for Canada are not yet available and therefore excluded in the comparable country average for 2021.)

The life expectancy data presented here are period life expectancy estimates based on excess mortality observed in each year. Period life expectancy at birth represents the mortality experience of a hypothetical cohort if current conditions persisted into the future and not the mortality experience of a birth cohort.

In other words, one of many implications, our children and grandchildren will probably have shorter lifetimes than ourselves. Another, U.S. healthcare is one of the most expensive in the world, especially after Obamacare, the so-called “Affordable Health Care Act” (which almost 100% of Republicans voted against before they could read it), yet U.S. life expectancy is performing poorly compared to that of other developed countries.

Don’t you think that this would be news appearing in supposedly conservative news outlets? But, it is counter to the big government/WEF narrative.

Hat tip to Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai on the health system problem.

Read the full articles with more graphs and demographics at these links

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-life-expectancy-compare-countries/

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/indicator/health-well-being/life-expectancy/

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