Access to health care can depend on social class for many reasons;
Doctors are less likely to set up practices in poorer areas, leading to longer waiting times.
Middle class will be given more time, and will be given more treatment.
Doctors interact easier with middle class patients, as they are more at home with them through a similar cultural capital.
Middle class are likely to get more time off work than working, and if working class do, they will lose money as their tend to not get paid leave.
Working class may have to rely on public transport, which means they are more likely to put off appointments because of it, leading to worse health.
Middle class are more likely to fight hospital closures.
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