The decline in American life expectancy harms more than our health

Published in the Los Angeles Times on April 16, 2024

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-16/united-states-economy-covid-public-health

Public health and the economy are deeply intertwined, and the pandemic made that clear in real time. When disease spreads unchecked, it disrupts work, drains productivity, and strains systems—showing that healthy populations are essential to a strong economy. Investing in prevention and resilience isn’t just good medicine; it’s good economic policy too.