The Connection Between Health and Wealth

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Introduction
In the course of life, I have been to a situation where I have seen a wealthy person
desperately crying for his dying wife. I was in the hospital for my regular checkup with my
mother. I went to a cardiology department as my mother has hypertension, where I have come
across a miserable situation. I saw a man who was in colossal tension and busy in conversing
with the high level doctor regarding his wife, who was suffering from last stage cardiovascular
blockage. However, the doctor said that it is the last time as her body is not responding to any
medication. The man was a millionaire and was continuously yelling that “do not worry about
the money do whatever you can I can spend large sum of money, just save my wife life”. The
groups of the doctor were helpless, and with money, they arranged heart transplantation and
saved the life of his wife. That was the day where I came to know the truth of life that money
also have influencing power in health. Thus, it can be wisely said that “financial status can lead
to better health". Therefore, the principal aim of the essay is to explain the connection between
health and Wealth by considering three different studies based on it.
Source- Purnell, J. (2018). What It's Worth: Strong Financial Future. Retrieved from
http://www.strongfinancialfuture.org/essays/financial-health-is-public-health/
Quote 1: “If you want to lower my blood pressure, help me pay my electricity bill.”
From the review of the article, the quotation was found, which was said by said by the
resident of Rochester. The quotation reflects the facts that Wealth has a crucial connection
between Wealth and health. The monetary stress is directly related to the health of the individual.
People with low income have to bear their all expenses in a limited amount, which lead to

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financial stress. Due to which they start to smoke and drink and consequently, it leads to a
chronic health issue (Dumitrache, Rubio & Rubio-Herrera, 2017).
Source- Clay, R. (2017). Wealth secures health. Retrieved from
https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/wealthhealth
Quote1: “As you move up the socioeconomic status hierarchy, your health prospects continue
to improve,"
Quote 2: “The lower your socioeconomic status, the greater your risk of both physical and
psychological health problems."
From the article, the quote was extracted, which was quantified by psychologist Norman
B. Anderson. The quote illustrates that people with higher socioeconomic status who are
financially stable have good and improve health. People with high income have assessed better
health service and are competent for any costly treatment. High socio-economic people are
highly educated, and they have good knowledge about the health's risk and complication and are
able to manage it effectively (Beckfield et al., 2015). People with low economic status tend to
live in an unhealthy environment, have a poor diet and have unhealthy living habits which create
the house of deadly disease and poor health.
Source- Sternberg, S. (2018). Health and Wealth is being rich the only road to wellbeing.
Retrieved from https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-05-02/
health-and-wealth-is-being-rich-the-only-road-to-well-being
Quote 1: "There was a powerful relationship between average household income and health
outcomes and behaviours,"