Plus, protecting farmworkers and contact tracing as a potential piece of the solution.

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The Coronavirus Crisis Confirms That the U.S. Health Care System Fails Women By Jamille Fields Allsbrook Initial data and analysis suggest that the pandemic could exacerbate existing barriers to care that women experience, particularly for women of color, women with low incomes, women with disabilities, and women living in rural areas. Overall, the current pandemic has revealed at least four ways the U.S. health care system fails women: Many health insurance plans are not comprehensive enough to meet women's health needs. Current federal and state policies are not designed to achieve health equity for women of color and their families. Reproductive health services, particularly abortion, are stigmatized and thus not integrated into the health care system. The health care providers whom women rely upon are underfunded or otherwise inaccessible for many. Read more » On the Frontlines at Work and at Home: The Disproportionate Economic Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women of Color By Jocelyn Frye Women of color often stand at the intersection of multiple barriers, experiencing the combined effects of racial, gender, ethnic, and other forms of bias while navigating systems and institutional structures in which entrenched disparities remain the status quo. This report focuses on the unique inequities that women of color face and that are exacerbated by this pandemic and includes policy recommendations that center women of color in the ongoing discussions about the full range of interventions needed. Read more » Protecting Farmworkers From Coronavirus and Securing the Food Supply By Zoe Willingham and Silva Mathema The extraordinary burdens that the coronavirus has placed on the many low-wage workers creates challenges in ensuring America's grocery stores have enough healthy food on the shelves. Protecting farmworkers is essential to the nation's food supply chain. An outbreak among farmworkers can potentially shutter entire farm operations at a time when the supply chain is already experiencing unprecedented disruption. More must be done to safeguard these important workers as they perform essential tasks. Read more » Digital Contact Tracing To Contain the Coronavirus By Erin Simpson and Adam Conner The CAP Technology Policy team's recommendations for state leaders in this analysis are for digital contact tracing as a complementary addition to the increased manual contact tracing recommended by public health experts. A voluntary digital contact tracing app—well-designed in coordination with both state public health authorities and residents, privacy-protecting, and highly incentivized—could play a key role in enabling states to prioritize resources and provide information while allowing the public to take the appropriate measures to prevent another outbreak. Read more » See Also: More CAP coronavirus resources FOLLOW US ON: Support CAP | Manage Email Preferences | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Center for American Progress | 1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor | Washington, D.C. xxxxxx

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