Education: It Matters More to Health Than Ever Before

Jane Stevens 1/9/1411:38 AM

"I don't think most Americans know that children with less education are destined to live sicker and die sooner," said Steven H. Woolf, M.D., director of the VCU Center on Society and Health. "It should concern parents, and it should concern policy leaders. In today's knowledge economy, policymakers must remember that cutting 'non-health' programs like education will cost us more in the end by making Americans sicker, driving up health costs and weakening the competitiveness of our economy."

You can download the entire policy brief here: http://societyhealth.vcu.edu/DownFile.ashx?fileid=1739

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