RFK Jr. says Americans were healthier when his uncle was president. Is he right?
- Posted on June 9, 2025
- By NPR
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RFK Jr. says Americans were healthier when his uncle was president. Is he right?

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.