5 June 2017 - The divide between health outcomes for the richest and poorest Americans is among the largest in the world, according to a new study.

Of people in households making less than $22,500 a year, 38% reported being in poor or fair health in a survey taken between 2011 and 2013. That's more than three times the rate of health troubles than faced by individuals in households making more than $47,700 a year, where only 12% of people reported being in poor to fair health, according to the findings published in Health Affairs.

While wealthy people around the world generally have better health outcomes than their fellow low-income citizens, the gap in the United States was among the world's largest. Of the 32 rich and middle-income countries studied, only Chile and Portugal had a wider gulf.

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