Downstream
Poor Healthcare Access, Toxic Pollution, & Decay
Thin primary care plus polluted air and water push illness and out-of-pocket costs onto households.
Health and environment deteriorate together — thin public care, toxic air and water, and little money for upkeep of what already exists.
What keeps this stuck
- Public health underfunding (~2.2% of GDP) and high out-of-pocket costs
- Weak, understaffed pollution-control boards
- Urban–rural gap in clinics and specialists
- Industrial and vehicular pollution
- Low civic maintenance budgets for drains, parks, and public space
Is this a root problem worth fixing first?
How this connects
Where this problem sits in the causal graph — what feeds it, and what it feeds.
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