How We Are Failing US Children

How We Are Failing US Children

US residents have lower life expectancy and worse health outcomes than those in other high-income countries, despite exorbitant spending on health care that is nearly twice as high relative to gross domestic product than average spending by countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). While research on the US health disadvantage has called attention to conspicuous proximal causes, such as opioids, firearms, and…