Policy
Hawaii Doctors May Soon Start Prescribing Fresh Food
The Brief
- Hawaii doctors may soon prescribe fresh food to Medicaid enrollees, according to MedPage Today.
- More than 100,000 Hawaii residents who qualify for Medicaid could be affected.
- Prescriptions could cover fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as ahi, beef, chicken, and eggs.
Why it matters
It is a test of food-as-medicine programs, which link diet to publicly funded health care and could shape how researchers evaluate nutrition interventions.
Who’s affected
- Hawaii Medicaid enrollees
- Hawaii physicians
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(MedPage Today) -- More than 100,000 Hawaii residents who qualify for Medicaid may soon find their doctors prescribing them fresh food as medicine. The script could be for fresh fruit and vegetables, even ahi, beef, chicken, and eggs. The federally...