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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Wednesday, August 5, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19

Millions Of Children Have Lost Their Health Insurance-What's Our
Plan?

By Doug Strane, Rebecka Rosenquist, and David Rubin

The abrupt loss of employer-sponsored insurance for tens of millions of
families creates urgency for policy makers to ensure that children's
coverage does not decline in the coming years. New, bolder approaches
will be necessary to prevent a significant erosion of children's
coverage. Read More >>

The Case For A National Universal Masking Mandate

By Vineet Arora, Shikha Jain, Megan Ranney, and Helen Burstin

Encouraging mask use has not been enough. The time is now for a
universal mask mandate. In this post, we discuss what such a mandate
could look like and how we could get there.
Read More >>

AcademyHealth ARM

The AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting continues this week! Meet our
editors at the Health Affairs exhibit booth
.

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil, who joins a panel to
talk about structural racism during a live plenary on Thursday, August
6, 3:30-4:30 PM: Structural Racism in HSR: Honest Reflections on Our
Role and the Path Forward
.

IN THE JOURNAL

RESEARCH ARTICLE: HEALTH EQUITY

Income Disparities In Access To Critical Care Services

By Genevieve P. Kanter, Andrea G. Segal, and Peter W. Groeneveld  

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of intensive care
unit (ICU) beds in treating the critical respiratory needs of patients.
However, the availability of ICU beds is highly variable across the
United States. Genevieve Kanter and coauthors examined disparities in
community ICU beds by US communities' median household income.
Read More >>

Read the August 2020 Table of Contents
.

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HEALTH AFFAIRS ANNOUNCEMENT

We're Seeking Policy Narratives About Climate And Health

The Narrative Matters section of

**Health Affairs** is seeking personal essay submissions that touch on
the topic of the impact of climate change on health, for the journal's
December 2020 issue. Read More >>

**A CLOSER LOOK**- The Social Determinants of Death

Editor-In-Chief Alan R. Weil calls for health care institutions to
respond to the crisis of institutional racism in health care: "It is
not enough for health care institutions to stand against racism or with
those who protest it. The test of the day is whether those institutions
will use their power to fight racism
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