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Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

The US already spends twice as much per person on health care than any other industrialized nation. However, our life expectancy ranks 30th; Costa Ricans live longer. Illnesses cost American business more than a trillion dollars a year in lost productivity. Research has revealed a gradient to health. At each step down the socio-economic ladder - from the rich to the middle class to the poor - people tend to be sicker and die sooner. The four-part series investigates the startling new findings that suggest social circumstances affects our risk for disease and viruses.

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