Suburban Poor Face Health Care Gaps Amid Growing Need in California
Rising Suburban Poverty Exposes Health Care Access Crisis
Suburbs in the United States, often perceived as enclaves of the affluent, are home to nearly 17 million Americans who live in poverty – more than in cities or rural areas – and growing demand for care strains the capacity of suburban health services to provide for them, according to a recent study in Health Affairs. Health care services in the suburbs “are not robust enough to fill the needs” of a growing low-income population, said Charlie Gillig, supervising attorney at the Health Consumer Center of Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.
