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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
Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, tooMore 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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