Importance: The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit (ECTC) provided families with children monthly payments from July 2021 to December 2021. The association of this policy with adult health is understudied.
Objective: To examine changes in adult self-reported health and household food security before and during ECTC monthly payments.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the flaws in the U.S. employer-based health insurance system, magnified racial disparities in health and health care, and overwhelmed the country's underfunded public health infrastructure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuture physicians will be key stakeholders in the formation, implementation, and success of health care policies enacted during their careers, though little is known of their opinions of enacted and proposed policies since the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Although medical students will influence the future U.S. health care system, their opinions on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have not been assessed since the 2016 presidential election and elimination of key ACA provisions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe plasma membrane is a highly compartmentalized, dynamic material and this organization is essential for a wide variety of cellular processes. Nanoscale domains allow proteins to organize for cell signaling, endo- and exocytosis, and other essential processes. Even in the absence of proteins, lipids have the ability to organize into domains as a result of a variety of chemical and physical interactions.
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