What does it mean to be 'poorer in a monetary sense' if it leads to comparisons where person A has better healthcare, transportation, information access etc tha

What does it mean to be 'poorer in a monetary sense' if it leads to comparisons where person A has better healthcare, transportation, information access etc than person B but B > A? Your comment focuses on standard of living issues. But your earlier claim was that these are separate from 'monetary wealth'. I think you would need to specify what 'monetary wealth' is separate from 'standard of living' in order to make a convincing argument. You'll find this hard to do, because any wealth measurement is either a thing, or an instrument that will get you a fraction of the things other people have. Financial wealth is cashed out in stuff. So cross temporal comparisons are going to involve comparing the stuff two people can command. And the stuff they can command is embedded in the technology and society of their respective times.