The mass-class divide revealed in the 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer: Navigating a Polarized World is manifesting in healthcare. Inequality is creating a tale of two health experiences.
With more people reporting gaps between how well they are taking care of their health and how well they would like to be, cost remains the biggest barrier to reaching those goals, with inflation being the top societal factor negatively impacting people’s health.
Institutional leaders — from healthcare providers to CEOs — should see this tension as an opportunity to address health inequalities, leverage the dispersion of authority, invest in employee health and optimize business around health.
