Healthcare — and the social determinants that shape it — is deeply unequal. In the United States, life expectancy can vary by as much as 24 years from one zip code to the next. That gap has little to do with genetics and everything to do with access, income, environment, and bias. Closing it is the health gap we exist to address.

 

Healthcare is unequal — and the pattern is consistent.
Underserved communities face higher rates of chronic disease, thinner access to care, and worse outcomes across nearly every measure. COVID-19 made this impossible to ignore: the same populations already carrying the heaviest disease burden were hit hardest. But the pandemic didn't create these disparities — it exposed a system that was already failing millions of people long before 2020, and continues to today.

We invest where that gap is widest.
HGV backs companies building solutions for the communities the healthcare market has historically overlooked — turning a persistent inequity into both measurable impact and durable opportunity.​​​