The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills
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The consistently expanding income gap between the rich and the poor in America has led to a multitude of differences. Those on the higher end of the spectrum, the haves, reap substantial benefits, from education opportunities to salary negotiations, while people on the lower end subsist on what luck and opportunity provide during life as a have-not.
The Death Gap illuminates shocking statistics surrounding the most critical thing the poor lack—good health. The poor die sooner. David A. Ansell, MD, writes from his experience witnessing this truth in action as a doctor at hospitals serving some of the poorest communities in Chicago. The Death Gap is drawn directly from the shared narratives of his patients, which paint a stark contrast among Chicago’s communities.
Outside of Chicago, the death gap is proven to be a nationwide epidemic as Ansell points out the difference in life expectancy between the healthiest and wealthiest and the poorest and sickest neighborhoods across the nation. Ansell presents inequality as a disease, one which we need to treat as we would any major illness. To do so, he outlines a vision that will provide the foundation for a healthier nation—for all.
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