Health care spending gap between high- and low-income Americans continues to widen, study finds

MedicalXpress | يول 10, 2026

A new study led by a University of Chicago researcher finds that health care spending in the United States has increasingly diverged between high- and low-income Americans over the past two decades. The analysis shows that through 2023, spending grew faster for high-income Americans, particularly on outpatient care and prescription drugs. This gap may signal growing differences in access to and use of health care across income groups.