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October 2008

The US maps from a recent PLoS Medicine research article (Ezzati, et al. e66) show not election returns, but disparities in life expectancy. In this month's Editorial (e208), the PLoS Medicine Editors argue that fixing injustices in the US health care system will require actively prioritizing health over financial gain.

Image Credit: Figure S2 in Ezzati M, Friedman AB, Kulkarni SC, Murray CJL (2008) The Reversal of Fortunes: Trends in County Mortality and Cross-County Mortality Disparities in the United States. PLoS Med 5(4): e66

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