Its not a conspiracy, just a bad narrative that unravels when you look at the data.
- Some US state policies appear to be key levers for improving life expectancy, such as policies on tobacco, labor, immigration, civil rights, and the environment.
Right. So liberal policies on immigration and labor contribute to longer life expectancy! Of
course they do. What a joke. I can see tobacco (though I struggle to see what policies could differ between states on tobacco!)
Results show that changes in life expectancy during 1970-2014 were associated with changes in state policies on a conservative-liberal continuum, where more liberal policies expand economic regulations and protect marginalized groups. States that implemented more conservative policies were more likely to experience a reduction in life expectancy.
But no explanation on how these policies actually influenced life expectancy, of course.
The "study" if anyone wants to read it, that supported this hilarity.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.12469
