Unemployment insurance, stimulus tied to less food insecurityUnemployment insurance was tied to a food insecurity reduction of 4.3 percentage points and a reduction in the need to eat less because of financial constraints of 5.7 percentage points during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a JAMA Network Open study published late last week.The researchers looked at 1,119 Understanding Coronavirus in America survey respondents who lived in households with income less than $75,000 and who lost their job during the pandemic.Overall, 37.1% of respondents reported food insecurity and 39.1% said they were eating less due to financial issues at least once during the survey's 15 waves.