Differences in life expectancy due to race and educational differences are widening, and many may not catch up.

By S. Olshansky, T. Antonucci, Lisa F. Berkman, R. Binstock, A. Boersch-Supan, John T. Cacioppo, B. Carnes, L. Carstensen, Linda P. Fried, D. Goldman and 5 more. Health Affairs, 2012

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Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity (2017, background): “…of the United States (Montez and Berkman, 2014), the gradient in health outcomes by educational attainment has steepened over the last four decades (Goldman and Smith, 2011; Olshansky et al., 2012), producing a larger gap in health status between Americans with high and low education levels.”
Frailty in Older Adults: A Nationally Representative Profile in the United States. (2015, background): “Then, these individuals have excess vulnerability together with limited resources with which to compensate (36), thus are at risk for synergistically elevated health disparities.”
Mortality and morbidity in the 21st century (2017, neutral): “A widely reported study by Olshansky et al (2012) found that life-expectancy of white men and women without a high school degree decreased from 1990 to 2008.”
Lifespan and Healthspan: Past, Present, and Promise. (2015, background): “This reduction in life expectancy for women has been concentrated among those with low education (Olshansky et al., 2012).”
The influence of education on health: an empirical assessment of OECD countries for the period 1995–2015 (2020, background): “Life expectancy, while increasing for all others, has decreased among white Americans without a high school diploma - particularly women [25, 26, 32].”