New study links proposed changes in US tax laws to rich-poor gap and mortality rates

(Elsevier) In a new study published in Preventive Medicine, Daniel Kim, MD, DrPH, examined actual and recently proposed tax policies and projected how these policies could affect the total number of deaths in the United States, determining that only policies that considerably raise top federal income tax rates and redistribute tax revenue to lower-income households are likely to bring large reductions in the total number of Americans that die annually.

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