From today’s Oregonian: a rising share of the state’s residents has no health insurance. For the first time in a decade, the percentage of uninsured Oregonians is now above the national average. As the article says…
"Studies have shown that uninsured people are less likely than others to get timely care—and more likely to die sooner.
Maybe that’s another trend to keep in mind when trying to predict how long we’ll live in decades to come.
