Health Equity

Last Words: A Globe Spotlight report. Is death the great equalizer?

Abstract: The Spotlight team gathered data from over 1 million death certificates in Massachusetts and found a disturbing connection between wealth and age of death.

Publication: The Boston Globe

Date Published: October 1, 2020

Author(s): Mark Arsenault

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This analysis of California’s state budget from 2007 to 2018 finds that to ensure the long-term health of the state, California needs to eliminate health care waste and direct the savings toward increased funding for programs that improve community conditions—like public education, public health, housing assistance, food assistance, and income support.