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RFK Jr. fact check: Were Americans actually healthier decades ago?

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently harkens back to when his uncle was president as a healthier time for Americans. But American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases.

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Selena Simmons-Duffin reports on health policy for NPR.

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