The fight for prescription drug affordability took a major step forward with enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act. This law aims to curb unsustainably high drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with manufacturers for certain drugs and penalize…
Since 2020, the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated hardships caused by food insecurity – lack of access to sufficient and nutritious food – across the country. Over 29 million adults and 12 million children struggled to afford food in 2021. This issue…
Safe, stable housing is essential to a person’s health. Kaiser Permanente recently increased our financial commitment to affordable housing and economic development, doubling the capital in our Thriving Communities fund. This updated brief details how Kaiser Permanente is supporting efforts…
I came across a picture, by the Iranian photographer and artist Bahareh Bisheh, of a little girl, curled up in a fetal position on the ground, laying inside a stick figure of what appeared to be a woman drawn with…
As we move from a pandemic to an endemic, the hardships caused by food insecurity persist in our country. Over 29 million adults and 12 million children struggled to afford food in 2021. This issue disproportionately impacts minority populations with…
Economic and social conditions influence health A new series of policy papers offers some of the most comprehensive analyses to date of key economic and social conditions that influence health – food, housing and transportation – and shares evidence-based policy…