The $2.8 trillion opportunity: How better health for all can drive US economic growth

Health status in the United States varies widely across gender, geography, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic circumstances, and is impacted by other life experiences and systemic biases.¹ The cost of health inequities is substantial, impacting both business performance and the nation’s economic prosperity. According to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions’ economic analysis, improving health equity across the United States could add US$2.8 trillion to the US gross domestic product by 2040. For US-based businesses, we estimate that corporate profits could increase by $763 billion in the...