"No room for error": a qualitative interview study of experiences with health insurance coverage loss and COVID-19 pandemic relief policies among people with asthma.

Our findings underscore that people affected by asthma and health insurance loss benefit from policies that provide flexible and easy-to-use assistance, such as direct payments, for meeting the diverse challenges posed by living with a chronic disease. Although policies that expand health insurance coverage are critical, more attention is needed to help people with chronic conditions access these programs in a timely way.