Your Money and Your Life Expectancy

This chart from Ezra Klein shows that improvements in life expectancy in recent decades have been disproportionately enjoyed by those in the top half of income brackets.

Klein, Drum, and Yglesias discuss the implications for raising the retirement age for Social Security.

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