Prescription Dinner: Can Meals Be Medicine?
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Medically Designed Meals Are a Real Threat to Medicare and Medicaid
Medicaid is just so underfunded. Short-changing on these meals could easily defeat their entire purpose, but it's a constant risk. A new study came out that estimated that if everyone who is eligible in the U.S. received MTM's in just the first year, the program would prevent more than a million and a half admissions to hospitals. If this bill passes, medically tailored meals will be tested in at least 10 states over the course of three years. And there are now signs that that might actually happen.
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