Despite being the richest country in the world, making up nearly 30 percent of the world's wealth; the U.S doesn't even make the top ten in terms of our healthcare system. One of the biggest factors for this disparity is our inequality in wealth and how our system bases basic health care rights on the amount of income a person has. Low income individuals suffer from marginalization and are often limited in their ability to access or maintain healthcare. According to Iris Young's Five Faces of Oppression, "marginalization is the worst form of oppression. A whole category of people is expelled from useful participation in social life and thus potentially subjected to severe material deprivation and even extermination" (Young 53). This podcast will examine some of the studies related to income and health. Many of these studies were conducted by professional medical organizations. These studies are unbiased and use the data to improve healthcare and access to healthcare. In a society where income has shown to correlate directly to mortality rates, this form oppression has truly deadly consequences. If you would like to know more about income inequality in health care; please checkout any of the references listed in the works cited.