America boasts of having the most technologically advanced health care delivery system in the world and yet this technology remains unaffordable for many. As cities and towns continue to address the issues of the homeless, they place affordable housing at the center but neglect the connection between health care and homelessness.
Lack of good health care and medical debt can both contribute to a person becoming homeless. Once homeless, living on the streets is dangerous to one’s health.
Americans agree on two key priorities for our health care. Neither is happening.
