What The Study Did: This survey study examined changes in insurance coverage and disparities in access to health care among low-income families and people of color across four Southern states during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors: Jose F. Figueroa, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, is the corresponding author.
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