A report from the National Institutes of Health found that the economic burden of racial and ethnic health inequities in the United States in 2018 was $451 billion, or $1,337 per person, with Black and African Americans experiencing the greatest burden largely attributable to rates of premature death. The economic burden of education-related health inequities was $978 billion, or $2,988 per person. The report details that costs due to increased spending on medical care, lower labor market productivity, and premature deaths as people experience high levels of poor health, disease, and disability are a significant drag on the economy and that "universal, as well as targeted, social policies are needed to reduce the ongoing economic burden of health inequalities that undermine our nation's progress."
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