Smoking At All-Time Low; Benefits Not Shared Equally

Smoking Is At A Record Low In The U.S., But The Benefits Aren't Shared Equally by Karen Kaplan.  Los Angeles Times.  January 7, 2019. 

Income Volatility As A Health Threat

Income Volatility And Heart Attacks May Go Hand-In-Hand by Andrew Keshner.  MarketWatch.  January 8, 2019. 

Animal Attacks--Costs And Causes; Relationship To Climate Change And Income

Animal Attacks Cost Us More Than $1 Billion A Year, And They're Becoming More Common by Naomi Thomas.  CNN.  December 11, 2018. 

Does The Threat Of Malpractice Suits Impact The Home-Buying Behavior Of Physicians?

One Weird Reason Why Doctors Buy Bigger Homes Than Lawyers by Carolyn Y. Johnson.  The Washington Post.  February 29, 2016

Lifespan Gap Between Lower And Upper Incomes Is Widening

Disparity In Life Spans Of rich And Poor Is Growing by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  February 12, 2016. 

Unemployed And Minorities Spend More Time Traveling And Waiting For Care

Race And Employment Tied To U.S. Clinic Wait Times by Kathryn Doyle.  Reuters/Yahoo News.  October 5, 2015. 

Income Level Found Associated With Brain Surface Area, An Area Linked With Academic Success

Being Poor Affects Kids Brains, Study Finds by Maggie Fox.  NBC News.  March 30, 2015. 

Diagnoses Of Neurodevelopmental Or Mental Health Conditions Among Children In High Income Households Rise Dramatically; Role Of Socio-Economic Conditions?

Parent-Reported Cases Of Disability In Children Rise by Michelle Healy.  USA TODAY.  August 18, 2014.

Who's Smoking: 40 Million Strong; Social Smokers, LGBT, Poor, Lower Education Levels

America's Smokers:  Still 40 Million Strong by Mike Esterl, Karishma Mehrotra, and Valerie Bauerlein.  The Wall Street Journal.  July 15, 2014.

Huge, Tropical, Low Income, Rapidly-Growing Urban Areas Present Challenges

For Biggest Cities Of 2030, Look Toward The Tropics by Floyd Norris.  The New York Times.  July 11, 2014.

Cancer Type And Mortality Differ According To Socioeconomic Areas

An Area's Level Of Poverty Or Wealth May Affect The Distribution Of Cancer Types.  Science Daily.  May 27, 2014.

Women Often Unaware Of Benefits Under The Health Law

Survey:  Many Women Unaware How Health Law Benefits Them by Lisa Gillespie.  Kaiser Health News.  May 15, 2014.

American Middle Class Is No Longer The World's Richest;

The American Middle Class Is No Longer The World's Richest  by David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy.  The New York Times.  April 22, 2014.

In a society which still lacks,  even with implementation of Obamacare, a system of universal healthcare, income still is vitally important to the physical health of a society.

Income Mobility Varies Greatly From City To City

In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters by David Leonhardt.  The New York Times.  July 22, 2013.

While this article does not focus specifically on health or healthcare, it does focus on a factor that many believe is crucial to health:  Income mobility that is provided by the availability of good jobs, jobs that necessarily include health insurance coverage.

Pay attention to the charts.  They are great.