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Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too

  • Written by Utibe Effiong, Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
imageMore than 22 million Americans lost their jobs at the start of the pandemic. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images

Congress just missed one of its best shots at improving health when the Senate failed to advance a bill that would have raised the minimum wage to US$15 an hour. Study after study has linked higher income to better health.

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