Surely we can do better -- I bet if we put our minds to it, we could drop to 66th by 2030!

If cuts to Medicare are made it will hasten this. It will also be ironic that Medicare "needed" to be cut in the face of lackluster life expectancy.

We can do better, it is time to return to the constitution that clearly says we are all created equal under god. And hence deserve equal treatment. The reign of the corporation must end.

Reminder that the US is so big and has a weak federal government, that there can be dramatic differences between states.

Hawaii: 81.0 (highest)

Mississippi: 71.9 (lowest)

Unfortunately, even Hawaii is barely above average compared to EU countries.

Nothing says 'a country is on a steady slope down' more than this.

Growth in male suicide has peaked in middle aged men.

... but now it is surging in 20s/30s men.