Erika Martiń

Mar 28, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Erika Martin |Erika Martiń |Betty Bekemeier |Tekisha Dwan Everette |Georges Benjamin |Lisa Simpson | +1 more

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the connection between long-term funding and preparedness in the United States. That is, the underfunding of public health, and the lack of system integration and interoperability between health care and public health, exacerbated the pandemic. As a result, the US led the world in COVID-19-related deaths, and we faced the . It also exposed, yet again, the persistent social and structural determinants that lead to health inequities.