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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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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.
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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.
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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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