The Poverty Premium
Being poor costs more. Slide the income to see how check-cashing fees, food desert markups, and emergency care add up to an invisible tax on not having enough.
Being poor costs more. Slide the income to see how check-cashing fees, food desert markups, and emergency care add up to an invisible tax on not having enough.
Three layers, one map: mental health shortage areas, food deserts, and uninsured rates by state. Toggle between them to see how access barriers compound.
We talk about what the Foundation would cost. We rarely count what we're already paying — in medical debt, lost wages, and preventable suffering — for the system we have.
Every figure represents one person in thirty. Tap the dimmed ones. They aren't failures — they're patterns shaped by the systems we chose.
Access to nutritious, sustainable food for all citizens. Not charity — infrastructure.