Food is medicine, so health insurance should cover it. ...Middle East

As a doctor, I can’t write a prescription for an apple a day. But a recent study suggests I should. In fact, doing so could prevent some 290,000 cardiac events and save almost $40 billion in healthcare costs for patients with diabetes. And those are only two groups of many who could benefit from easier access to healthy food. Sadly, while insurance plans will cover prescription medications that cost thousands of dollars, they don’t cover something far more affordable and effective: access to healthy foods for patients who struggle to afford them. If our country is serious about improving health outcomes and lowering costs, we need to start treating food like medicine. Many of us

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