Health vs. Wealth

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 our health throughout life. On the contrary being born into an upper class

family allows for much more self-embellishment and a favorable position in the hierarchy

of our medical care system, thus in turn allowing a longer life span than those not so

privileged. Therefore one can easily see that the social class which one is born into affects

his or her life more than any personal lifestyle simply because in our modern society you

can “get anything for time and money”.

In response to a British study that observed the differences between the longevity

of “gentlemen” and “laborers” and found that “gentlemen” lived twice as long on average

than “laborers”, Dr. Oliver Fein once stated that “person’s place in the social order

strongly affects health and longevity.” [1

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