“Why aren’t we using medical products as effectively and efficiently as our peer countries? A lot of it has to do with choices that people make because of the things that influenced their thinking,” Cliff claimed, noting that there’s a reason the US is “last place” in terms of projected lifespan when compared to similar first-world nations.
According to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation, average life expectancy in the US recently plummeted nearly three years, from 78.8 in 2019 to 76.1 in 2021.