His failings on healthcare damaged Carter's presidency, but his focus on cost containment was right — then and now.

(Never mind, of course, that most of the discrepancy in life expectancy can be explained by the fact that Americans die of drug overdoses, traffic accidents, and gun violence at rates well beyond their peers. Our healthcare system has little to no impact on these causes of death—and their effect on life expectancy.)

During and after his presidency, Jimmy Carter spent years working to advance global public health, including helping to nearly eradicate one disease.

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel highlights the former president's global efforts to educate on public health and the awareness he brought to melanoma and hospice care.

Is this more in the category of aggressive-aggressive?'" Jimmy Carter was the only remaining president who was in office in the 1970s. Now, only one president who served during the 20th century is alive.