The November 2022 issue of Health
Affairs features a collection of articles exploring the health effects of economic support policies, some in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Based on national data from 2020, the authors find evidence pointing to potential short-term benefits from state eviction moratoriums to the mental health and well-being of renters.
Ali and Wehby point out how mental stress, social isolation, and opioid overdose mortality are associated with the pandemic, and so "evaluating how COVID-19 economic support policies affected mental health becomes even more important to understand these policies’ full effects on the population."
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
Today on Forefront, Mika Hamer and coauthors call on the Health Resources and Services Administration to revise the 340B drug discount program to allow purchase of therapeutics with emergency use authorization for the treatment of COVID-19.
Katie Keith discusses how a divided Congress might impact the Affordable Care Act and examines a potential bipartisan opportunity on telehealth expansion and mental health care access.
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