{"id":22508,"date":"2024-02-28T08:03:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22508"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:03:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:03:39","slug":"why-wont-medicare-deliver-food-to-sick-seniors-if-it-could-get-them-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22508","title":{"rendered":"Why won\u2019t Medicare deliver food to sick seniors, if it could get them healthy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Nicholas Florko for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Some twelve percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries have heart failure. Roughly a quarter have diabetes. There\u2019s early evidence suggesting that both conditions \u2014 and a slew of others \u2014 could be better managed with pre-made healthy meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why doesn\u2019t Medicare try out delivering food to sick seniors?  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/02\/28\/medicare-food-as-medicine\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2024\/02\/28\/medicare-food-as-medicine\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"26\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2013 Some twelve percent of traditional Medicare beneficiaries have heart failure. Roughly a quarter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,32,12,20,6],"tags":[80,84,385,884,61,94],"class_list":["post-22508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-cms","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-redesign","category-medicare-general","tag-cms","tag-food-as-medicine","tag-healthcare-costs","tag-healthcare-redesign","tag-medicare","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22509,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22508\/revisions\/22509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}