Though there is a relationship between the medically disadvantaged and the socioeconomically disadvantaged, there is more evidence to suggest that the wealth gap in medical care is not the key cause of health inequality. In fact, the wealth gap is deceptive in that higher healthcare expenditures do not equate to higher quality of care.
雖然，醫療的弱勢與社經弱勢互為因果，但更多證據顯示，醫療的貧富差距並非導致健康不平等的關鍵；甚且這些貧富差距只是自欺欺人的假象 — — 因為花錢的多寡不必然和醫療品質劃上等號。