Several states are using the Medicaid program as a tool to address food insecurity with the approval of the Biden administration, directing funding to pay for groceries and offer nutritional counseling.
Arkansas, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Oregon have all recently been approved to use funding from the public health insurance program for low-income residents toward initiatives addressing food access and nutrition issues, as early research suggests that reducing food insecurity could decrease the need for doctors visits and lower overall healthcare costs.
Critics of the recent approvals have argued that it is an unnecessary expansion of Medicaid, pointing to existing federal programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that helps low-income people buy food. Gary Alexander, the head of the Medicaid and health safety net initiative for the Paragon Health Institute, told the Wall Street Journal that this is the first example of the"federal government push food and air conditioners and other things as allowable.
Massachusetts also received expanded authority last year to provide clinical nutrition education and medically tailored food assistance services for people, such as postpartum women, for up to 12 months. The state's Medicaid program will also provide meal support for some households when an eligible beneficiary is a child or pregnant woman with special clinical needs.
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