Ending poverty would create happier place to live, save taxpayers money
I saw a patient who had spent over 10 years living in a ravine. He had been to the hospital multiple times during that decade. If he had been housed, with enough income to support himself at even the most basic standard of living, tens of thousands of dollars may have been saved.
As a family doctor who works largely with people living on low incomes, poverty is at the root of many of the illnesses I treat. And, a dozen or so years into my career, my workload shows no sign of easing up. A shortsighted perspective would be “good for me.”
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