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Study Shows Being Rich Buys 9 Extra Years of 'Healthy' Living in US and UK

"In both countries, efforts in reducing health inequalities should target people from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups."

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The 10-year study proves the devastating effects of systemic income and wealth inequality.

The #Oligarchy and #Corporatocracy elect and pay #Kleptocrats using #DarkMoney to get what THEY want #RepublicanSwamp #TrumpSwamp

Trump-Republican $1.5 TRILLION tax cuts for the rich and corporations. Many of the tax cuts will continue after Trump is gone!
Lowering life expectancy even further, Trump and Republicans gutting health care, food stamps and Meals on Wheels...etc

A new study that highlights the serious impacts of wealth inequality in the United Kingdom and United States suggests that being rich can add about nine "healthy" years to a person's life.

The transatlantic study on "healthy life expectancy," published Wednesday in the Journal of Gerontology, is based on data from more than 25,000 adults—10,754 in the U.K. and 14,803 in the U.S.—aged 50 and older. The data came from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

Our latest research on inequalities in disability-free life expectancy comparing @ELSA_Study and @hrsisr shows that in both countries wealthier people compared to poorest live up to 9 years longer in good health @HydeM1976 @Jenny_anne1 @SariStenholm https://t.co/YpuzHwVgcD

— Paola Zaninotto (@PZaninotto) January 15, 2020

'I Made a Lot of Bankers Look Very Good,' Brags Trump as Wall Street Titans Enjoy $32 Billion Tax Bonanza

Morris Pearl, chair of Patriotic Millionaires, which advocates for higher taxes on the wealthy and large corporations, said the latest figures only further prove what critics of the Republican tax giveaway knew and predicted since it was first proposed—that it was a gift to big banks and a scam perpetrated against regular people by Trump.

"The Trump administration touted that the average American was going to get $4,000 from their signature tax legislation," Pearl told Common Dreams. "If you average six bank executives getting $32 billion while millions of people get $0, maybe that does average to $4000 per person. It's still reprehensible and fiscally irresponsible that just six banks got a $32 billion windfall while ordinary Americans are struggling."