(HL-의학/건강/운동) Rich Americans Will Live 10 Years Longer

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As Americans discuss the issue of income inequality in an election year, a new study says rich people will live up to 15 years longer than poor ones. A rich 40-year-old man in the United States can expect to live until about 87. A poor 40-year-old man might only live until 73. The difference in length of life as it relates to income is part of a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Health Inequality Project studied about 1.4 billion income tax records from a 15-year period ending in 2014. While people might have guessed that wealth allows for a longer life, the study reviewed more data than any similar studies in the past.
* income inequality = 소득불평등/ an election year = 선거가 있는 해/ up to ~ = (특정한 수·정도 등)까지/ relate to ~ = ~와 관련되다/ income tax record = 소득세 기록/ allow for ~ = ~을 가능하게 하다; 감안하다, 참작하다       

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is running for the Democratic Party nomination. He often talks of the gap between rich and poor in the United States. Rich people have better access to health care than poor people, and that can increase their lifespan. Sanders launched his campaign almost a year ago. In his speech, he said, “the issue of wealth and income inequality is the great moral issue of our time, it is the great economic issue of our time and it is the great political issue of our time.” Angus Deaton wrote a column about the study on the medical association’s website. He says a study like the Health Inequality Project is important because it will help people understand whether “tax and distribution policies could be effective tools of public health and potentially extend life expectancy.”
* run for ~ = ~에 입후보하다/ nomination = 지명, 추천, 임명/ access to ~ = ~에 접근권(기회)/ health care = 의료 서비스, 보건/ lifespan = 수명/ moral issue = 도덕적 쟁점[사안]/ distribution policy = 분배 정책/ public health = 공중 위생/ life expectancy = 기대 수명

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