Falling Further Over the US Safety Net Benefits Cliff After COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Vickie M. Mays is with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Health Policy & Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Michelle Sarah Livings is with the Department of Health Sciences, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ.

Editorial

Vickie M Mays et al. Am J Public Health. 2025 Nov.

. 2025 Nov;115(11):1818-1820.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2025.308272.

¹ Vickie M. Mays is with the Department of Psychology and the Department of Health Policy & Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Michelle Sarah Livings is with the Department of Health Sciences, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ.

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