According to a report released by the Center for
Disease Control Jan. 14, there are persistent health disparities between low
and higher income people in the United States.
In the introduction to the report, CDC director
Dr. Thomas Frieden noted, “Lower-incomeresidents report fewer average healthy
days. Residents of states with larger inequalities in reported number of
healthy days also report fewer healthy days on average. The correlation between
poor health and health inequality at the state level holds at all levels of
income.”
The report indicates that the greater the economic
disadvantages, the more likely a person is to die at an earlier age, live in an
unhealthy home and have inadequate access to health care. The communities most
oppressed by the ruling class are the ones that are hit the hardest by these
disparities.
Under a socialist system, decent housing and
health care would be human rights instead of commodities produced and provided only when a profit can be made.
