Public Policy and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has very quickly challenged the American people and our policy makers at every level in an almost unprecedented fashion. The public policy response to the crisis has been uneven across the states and the federal response is still unfolding through negotiations between Congress and the Trump Administration and is likely to continue in a developmental mode well into the future.

Public Policy and COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has very quickly challenged the American people and our policy makers at every level in an almost unprecedented fashion. The public policy response to the crisis has been uneven across the states and the federal response is still unfolding through negotiations between Congress and the Trump Administration and is likely to continue in a developmental mode well into the future. We will be linking information about the policy implications of the pandemic and policy initiatives to contain and compensate victims of the pandemic to this section of our pandemic site. In this section we will house information about initiatives like the CARES act and other legislation and executive actions centered around the COVID-19 pandemic crisis in the United States. Responses by federal agencies, as well as state and local governments, centered on or resulting from the spreading pandemic will be included here.

This section on public policy amid COVID-19 is one of many sections the Claude Pepper Center has developed in response to the pandemic, and we are expanding our coverage daily. Other sections detail COVID-19’s impact on Long Term Care, the medical field, the economy, and many other aspects. The impact is likely to be felt both in this country and around the world for many years to come.

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