Equity in Medical Care

Health equity means that everyone, regardless of race, class, gender, or age, has access to quality health care and medical treatment. Unfortunately, shorter life spans, poorer quality of life, higher rate and greater severity of disease, and higher death rates are the norm for those marginalized by inequity in our social systems. As with food insecurity, we must find ways to alleviate the immediate need while, at the same time, tackling the systemic root causes of health inequity.  We are called to remember and imitate founder of Methodism, John Wesley, who worked to improve the physical health of the impoverished and encouraged other Methodists to do the same.