High Levels Of Inequality

High levels of inequality affect an individual’s health, causing stress and fear. Social class has a big impact on one’s health and the ability for one to receive medical care. Individuals of the lower class struggle the most to receive healthcare and if they do receive healthcare it’s of lower quality. Those of the upper class receive more services and coverage because they have the money to afford the healthcare plan. The government has tried to fix this problem by offering programs like Medicare and Medicaid, but this still doesn’t seem enough to rid the discrimination against the lower-class. “In Fairfax County, the most rapid growth in low-income residents has occurred since the start of the 2008 recession” (Cahill, 2014). About 64,600