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Abdul El-Sayed: “I grew up not 20 minutes from here. And in traveling 20…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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I got to go to amazing public schools, an incredible public university. I got my medical education paid for by a public agency at the nih. That's what America gave me. Now the crazy thing is I grew up not 20 minutes from here. And in traveling 20 minutes, I traveled a 10 year life expectancy gap. I got to meet kids who never got the opportunities I got despite the fact that their families had been here far longer than me. I know what America gave me. (26:37–26:47)

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Asserts a 10-year life expectancy gap exists within a 20-minute travel distance from his childhood home.

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