
Health and US Politics
Season 2 Episode 7 | 57m 51s
The population is deeply concerned about rising health care costs
White working-class voters without a college education are most vulnerable to diseases of despair — suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related liver disease — and they are also most likely to have voted for President Trump. This population is deeply concerned about rising health care costs, according to focus groups conducted by the Kaiser Foundation.
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The Aspen Institute produces the Aspen Ideas Festival in concert with its partner, The Atlantic.

Health and US Politics
Season 2 Episode 7 | 57m 51s
White working-class voters without a college education are most vulnerable to diseases of despair — suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol-related liver disease — and they are also most likely to have voted for President Trump. This population is deeply concerned about rising health care costs, according to focus groups conducted by the Kaiser Foundation.
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The Aspen Institute produces the Aspen Ideas Festival in concert with its partner, The Atlantic.