When access is governance: cancer drugs + digital welfare

This week follows how eligibility becomes real help or exclusion when governance, reimbursement pathways, digital identity, and frontline bureaucracy shape access. Covers 2026-06-01 to 2026-06-08; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers. Good policy should show up in better lives. What's Well & Good in Policy follows the research testing that promise, from universal basic income and health insurance to mental health supports, living wages, schools, sustainability, and the politics of wellbeing. Episode covers 2026-06-01 – 2026-06-08. Top papers Research review on the effectiveness of youth and rangatahi mental health early intervention and secondary prevention approaches Energy Anxiety And Subjective Wellbeing Among Marginalised Communities: Evidence From Rural India Reframing access to innovative oncology medicines: The impact of policy and governance reform in a Bismarck-type system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The impact of sustainable indigenous tourism on indigenous rights and community well-being moderated by empowering communities in Lake Toba, Indonesia PROPEL: Capturing the lived experience of lung cancer for patients and caregivers. Themes: mental health, COVID-19, work-life balance, quality of life, burnout, health policy, policy analysis, public health Methods: qualitative, survey, quantitative, case-study, mixed-methods, interviews Premium NewsPremium also covers 10 related news stories, including eur.nl — Scaling Universal Health Coverage: lessons from Indonesia's health ..., healthaffairs.org — Health Affairs: Leading Publication of Health Policy Research & Insight, and who.int — Mental health EURO. Upgrade to PremiumThe premium version of this podcast covers all 40 research articles and 10 news stories selected for the episode. Subscribe to the premium podcast. Generated by paperboy.fm.