Bits Quote by Zafrullah Chowdhury

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

I think poor folks are the only people who cannot afford - financially and otherwise - to be sick.

— Black Thought

“The poorest in America are the sickets. Poor people can't afford preventive care or insurance. The poor don't see doctors. They show up at…

— Abraham Verghese

A lot of our social ills are directly related to poverty, not that people of higher status don't have problems, but they have resources.

— Ashley Biden

It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick

— Dave Barry

The honest, simple truth is that, by and large, rich people take better care of their health than poor people do because they have…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

“If poverty is a disease that infects an entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we…

— Barack Obama

“Every year some 150 million people face severe financial hardship and 100 million are pushed below the poverty line because they fall ill, use…

— The Lancet

If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we…

— Barack Obama

Education and health were always matters of charity. You educated children and you helped the sick because they were good things to do, not…

— Philip Pullman

Poor kids are much more likely to become sick than their richer counterparts, but much less likely to have health insurance. Talk about a…

— Anna Quindlen