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Health Care and Health Insurance Access for Farm Families in the United States during COVID-19: Essential Workers without Essential Resources?
Journal of Agromedicine ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 , DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2020.1814924
Florence Becot 1 , Shoshanah Inwood 2 , Casper Bendixsen 1 , Carrie Henning-Smith 3
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ABSTRACT

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers and farm workers have been deemed essential workers across the world. Yet, despite working in one of the most dangerous occupations, and despite being especially vulnerable to the virus (due to existing health risk factors and risk of infection stemming from difficulties adopting control measures), many farmers and farm workers in the United States have long lacked essential resources to ensure they can meet their health needs: affordable and accessible health insurance and health care. In this commentary, we draw on our own research focused on farm families and collective experiences to discuss three main challenges farm families have faced meeting their health needs: reliance on off-farm work for health insurance coverage, the need to forecast income when purchasing a plan on the health insurance marketplace, and barriers to health care in rural areas. As we discuss these challenges, we highlight the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is likely exacerbating these pressures. Recognizing that major crises in the past have led to major shifts in economic, social, and political systems, the disruptions brought on by COVID-19 could be leveraged to work toward increasing access to affordable and adequate health insurance and health care. As such, we conclude our commentary by outlining policy reforms and research efforts that are needed to ensure that those working in the farm sector have access to essential resources to preserve their health and safety.



中文翻译:

COVID-19期间美国农场家庭的医疗保健和健康保险获取途径:没有基本资源的基本工人?

摘要

在COVID-19大流行中,农民和农场工人被视为全世界的重要工人。然而,尽管在最危险的职业之一中工作,并且特别容易感染该病毒(由于现有的健康风险因素以及由于采取控制措施而造成的感染风险),但美国的许多农民和农场工人长期以来缺乏必要的资源来确保他们能够满足他们的健康需求:负担得起的,可及的健康保险和保健。在这篇评论中,我们将以针对农场家庭和集体经验的我们自己的研究为基础,讨论农场家庭在满足其健康需求方面面临的三个主要挑战:依靠非农工作来获得健康保险,在医疗保险市场上购买计划时需要预测收入,以及农村地区医疗保健的障碍。在讨论这些挑战时,我们强调了COVID-19大流行可能加剧这些压力的方式。认识到过去的重大危机导致经济,社会和政治体系发生了重大变化,因此可以利用COVID-19带来的破坏来努力增加人们获得负担得起的,充足的健康保险和保健的机会。因此,我们通过概述政策改革和研究工作来结束我们的评论,以确保在农业部门工作的人们能够获得必要的资源来维护其健康和安全。我们强调了COVID-19大流行可能加剧这些压力的方式。认识到过去的重大危机导致经济,社会和政治体系发生了重大变化,因此可以利用COVID-19带来的破坏来努力增加人们获得负担得起的,充足的健康保险和保健的机会。因此,我们通过概述政策改革和研究工作来结束我们的评论,以确保在农业部门工作的人们能够获得必要的资源来维护其健康和安全。我们强调了COVID-19大流行可能加剧这些压力的方式。认识到过去的重大危机导致经济,社会和政治体系发生了重大变化,因此可以利用COVID-19带来的破坏来努力增加人们获得负担得起的,充足的健康保险和保健的机会。因此,我们通过概述政策改革和研究工作来结束我们的评论,以确保在农业部门工作的人们能够获得必要的资源来维护其健康和安全。可以利用COVID-19带来的破坏来努力增加获得负担得起的,足够的健康保险和保健的机会。因此,我们通过概述政策改革和研究工作来结束我们的评论,以确保在农业部门工作的人们能够获得必要的资源来维护其健康和安全。可以利用COVID-19带来的破坏来努力增加获得负担得起的,足够的健康保险和保健的机会。因此,我们通过概述政策改革和研究工作来结束我们的评论,以确保在农业部门工作的人们能够获得必要的资源来维护其健康和安全。

更新日期:2020-09-12
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