Surgery VS Ransom

[DanaC]

I think Happy Monkey's analogy is better.

I will never understand how a wealthy nation can accept health inequality within its borders. A nation which can afford to ensure its citizens have access to the best medical care and chooses not to, in my view fails its citizens. I include my own nation in this. We are currently failing our citizens by allowing health inequalities. In the ward I live in, the average life expectancy is ten years greater than that of the people who live in the ward I represent as a councillor. The distance between them is four miles. Four miles and ten years difference. Babies born four miles from my home are almost twice as likely to die before they reach their first birthday, than babies born on my street. Health inequality affects every part of life and death.