Who causes the most outbreaks of illness?

Question

people who can afford to goto the doctor and get antibiotic, or those who can't?

If the rate of contact between people who can afford health care, and the people who can't goes down by extending Healthcare access to those who can't afford it, do you think that your chances of getting sick from them would decrease, and reduce your own medical expenses?

Children and adults in families with incomes below or near
the federal poverty level have worse health than those with
higher incomes (see Appendix II, Poverty for a definition of
the federal poverty level). Although, in some cases, illness
can lead to poverty, more often poverty causes poor health
by its connection with inadequate nutrition, substandard
housing, exposure to environmental hazards, unhealthy
lifestyles, and decreased access to and use of health care
services
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf#summary

Brian, please do more research and try to realize how poor a person actually has to be to recieve medical coverage through welfare.
people who cannot afford medical bills don't have to be destitute, and not all of them qualify for the welfare medical coverage. That superior medicaid is being turn down by most medical providers forcing recipients to use the more expensive option of emergency room visits instead of office visits.

- I, Robot -, I realize that, but i am speaking generally, in our daily lives, and the people we come into contact with.

Answer 1

Though I generally agree with your assertion, an outbreak can occur anywhere and from anyone. Disease does not discriminate on socio-economic status; as anyone who has traveled abroad can tell you, someone can easily bring an uknown virus or bacteria into the country and if it's easily communicable, an outbreak can occur, even amongst those "better off."

Answer 2

If the poor have poor health care it is their own fault, not the systems. Medicaid is a far superior program than what most of us who have to pay for our own insurance receive. If they choose to not take advantage of their coverage there is little we can do about it.