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Chris Armstrong: “Life expectancy is actually dropping, like for white men as…”

Featuring: Chris Armstrong, Democratic | Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, 7th Congressional District

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Interview with Chris Armstrong

Published | Video Starts at 04:41

You know, the, you know, trillion dollars that's been cut out of health care over the next 10 years, it's not going to do anything towards, you know, reversing the trend of some, you know, groups within the US where Life expectancy is actually dropping, like for white men as opposed to continuing to improve as it is across most of the developed world. You know, our infant mortality, I think it, I heard it got, actually got a little bit better, but it's still way below the average of other Western nations, I … (04:41–05:03)

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Asserts that life expectancy for white men in the U.S. is declining.

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