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There is a growing gap in health outcomes between different social classes in the United States.
Studies have shown that individuals from lower social classes tend to have poorer health
outcomes than those from higher social classes (Zhang & Xiang, 2019). This also translates to
the children, whereby children of richer individuals have better health outcomes than those from
poor families. The poor in the United States account for 12.8% as of 2021. Of this, white people
make up 9.5%, Blacks 21.7%, Hispanic 17.6%, Asian/Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
10.2%, American Indian/Alaska Native 25.9% and multiple races 14.1% (KFF, 2022). Further,
14.6% of immigrants live below the poverty line 19.6% are uninsured (Budiman et al., 2022).
The relationship between income and health is well established, with research consistently
showing that individuals with higher incomes tend to have better health outcomes than those
with lower incomes. This association holds true across the entire income distribution, meaning
that it is not limited to a specific income range. This suggests that having more money, regardless
of whether it is enough to cover basic needs, is positively associated with better health.