Rx Kids: designing cash transfers as health policy

The Lancet Public Health 2026 Open access

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Authors: Richterman, Aaron; Roberto, Christina; Thirumurthy, Harsha, Harsha Thirumurthy
DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00094-0
Cited by: 1
References: 5

Abstract

The past decade has seen a growing acceptance of cash transfers as a tool for reducing poverty and improving wellbeing, with large-scale national programmes across many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and a wave of guaranteed income pilots across cities in the USA. Yet evidence on the impact of US cash transfer programmes on beneficiaries’ health outcomes has been mixed, and questions about cost and scalability remain unresolved. What has been missing is a clearer theory of when and how cash transfers might improve health outcomes in the USA.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Poverty Education and Child Welfare Human Rights and Development Global Maternal and Child Health

Publication details

Journal / source
The Lancet Public Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
11
Issue
6
Pages
e350–e351
Publication date
27 May 2026
Language
EN