How Inequality Can Be Fatal For Your Health

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 5, 2017

David Ansell, senior vice president and associate provost for Center for Community Health Equity, joins us to discuss his new book, The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills. Ansell argues that where you live and how much you make can shorten your life expectancy. He draws on his experiences working at the hospitals of some of the poorest communities in Chicago, but also makes the case that this is a nationwide issue.

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