Reversing Long-Term Trend, Death Rate for Americans Ticks Upward The Washington Post

Read article - Quotes Ellen Meara, professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how the long decline in Americans' death rates has reversed course, according to preliminary 2015 numbers for all causes of mortality as compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "When we're spending $3 trillion in health care, and we're seeing mortality rise—even if this is only a momentary rise—we need to examine what we’re doing and how we’re doing it," says Meara. "Clearly we're doing something wrong."