Health vs. Wealth Health is affected by many factors in our daily lives. However, there are some factors that affect our health more than others. Health is more dependent on the distribution of wealth and public services than it is on personal lifestyle choices. For instance, being born into a family with a lower social status immediately brings upon a higher likelihood of sicknesses and complications during pregnancy, which is clearly a main factor in …showed first 75 words of 1354 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1354 total…over come many obstacles in life, of which one is health. In our society, health can be purchased, as though it were a commodity, not something available to everyone but only to the wealthy. Such a commodity should not exist since we have a right to be healthy, however it does. For obvious reasons, it is much harder for lower classes to purchase this health, and therefore, for obvious reasons, such classes are less healthy.