> 1. What are the health-related effects of not having basic income? QUESTION:
2. TREATING SYMPTOMS INSTEAD OF ROOTS • “I was treating their bodies, but not their social situations. And especially not their income, which seemed to be the biggest barrier to their health improving. The research evidence was pretty clear on this. Income, poverty, is intimately connected to my patients’ health. In fact, poverty is more important to my low-income patients than smoking, high cholesterol, high- blood pressure, obesity, salt, or soda. Poverty wreaks havoc on my patients’ bodies. A 17% increased risk of heart disease; […]
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