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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 15 MIN

What MAHA Gets Wrong About America's 'Healthy' Past

from ACSH Science Dispatch · host ACSH

RFK, Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement hinges on the assumption that our country was once far healthier than it is today. The problem? It never was. By almost every metric, Americans lead longer, healthier lives now than their ancestors ever did. Let's take a closer look at the evidence.

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