Health Affairs July 23, 2020
The 1918 influenza pandemic—the world’s worst viral pandemic of the twentieth century—called into bold relief the deep interconnections among the health of all individuals regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or income. Despite that fact, the 1918 flu led to few meaningful health care reforms.
Let’s not make the same mistake again. COVID-19 is, hopefully, a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. It has led to a devastating loss of more than 140,000 US lives, and a dramatic disruption in how we all live. It has forced the US health care system to respond and adapt in a multitude of ways. Some of these health system changes are good, such as the embrace of telemedicine and the rapid initiation of COVID-19 testing, treatments, and clinical...
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