Low income workers must to find jobs that provide health insurance, and when they are not able to, they cannot afford the price of health insurance, and their health is compromised. Because of the policies set in place on a nation level, low wage individuals are not able to receive their health needs, and their choices are limited, eventually leading to poor health. Similar to how people’s well being can be affected by national policies, the concept of spatial inequality can also lead to poor health of those who are poor. Spatial inequality describes situations where there are differences in division of quality resources and services between areas populated by the rich and the poor. Generally, locations that are inhabited by people of higher income tend to have resources, such as infrastructure and food, and services that are of superior quality than places that poorer people live
Low income workers must to find jobs that provide health insurance, and when they are not able to, they cannot afford the price of health insurance, and their health is compromised. Because of the policies set in place on a nation level, low wage individuals are not able to receive their health needs, and their choices are limited, eventually leading to poor health. Similar to how people’s well being can be affected by national policies, the concept of spatial inequality can also lead to poor health of those who are poor. Spatial inequality describes situations where there are differences in division of quality resources and services between areas populated by the rich and the poor. Generally, locations that are inhabited by people of higher income tend to have resources, such as infrastructure and food, and services that are of superior quality than places that poorer people live