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Medicaid cuts threaten meal delivery programs that save money
Original: Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
Medicaid-backed meal delivery programs for seriously ill patients have been shown to lower costs and improve health outcomes, keeping people out of hospitals. NPR reports the question now facing these services is whether they can survive proposed Medicaid cuts, which could eliminate funding for a benefit many patients and providers consider both cost-effective and essential.
Why now: Proposed Medicaid cuts have put funding for medically tailored meal delivery programs in doubt, prompting public concern.
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- Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts? · NPR
- Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts? · WNYC
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