Credit: Getty Images/JamesBrey Providing low-income families experiencing a health crisis with direct cash support can improve the outcomes of their medical treatment, reduce red tape, and save health care dollars, according to a new paper by a group of Harvard experts . Health outcomes are deeply influenced by social determinants, they write, many arising from poverty. The financial burden imposed by illness goes far beyond the cost of doctors, drugs, and hospitals. Patients or their parents often miss time at work and must travel to frequent medical appointments, sometimes with other children in tow. Access to housing and food […]
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