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Laura Miers

Laura Miers

@lauramiers · Twitter ·

WE ARE DYING. Record disability & death has been normalized, & private equity has invested in every single industry related to this process. I will never forget the 2017 Bloomberg headline, “Americans Are Dying Younger, Saving Corporations Billions.” This is a business model.

People: Rising Death Rate for Gen X, Elder Millennials Is 'Genuinely Alarming' Researchers noted that those born between 1970 and 1985 are dying more from colon cancer and cardiovascular disease: "It’s never good to have more deaths at young ages" By Cara Lynn Shultz Published on March 16, 2026 04:42PM EDT Slate: American millennials are dying at an alarming rate. We’re mortality experts. There are a few things that could be happening here.” August 20, 2025 Fox: Americans born after 1970 face higher death rates from several major causes in middle age. Study tracking 45 years of mortality data identifies Americans more than the 1950s as the generational turning point. June 10, 2026. Business insider: US millennial women are now more likely to die in their late 20s and early 30s than any generation since the World War II era: report