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The U.S. has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises

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73% Informative

During the past two decades there have been 1.63 million excess deaths among Black Americans relative to white Americans .

That represents a loss of more than 80 million years of life, according to a 2023 JAMA study.

KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how government decisions undermine Black health.

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80

Informative language

87

Neutral language

46

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

65

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

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short-lived

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