White House Proposes Medicare-, Medicaid-Covered Diet, Meal Services

Medicare should cover medically tailored meals while states should be able to use section 1115 waivers to provide Medicaid beneficiaries nutrition education, the Biden administration said in its National Strategy on Hunger Nutrition and Health unveiled Tuesday (Sept. 26). The administration also plans to create a permanent diabetes program for enrollees in all public health programs, including marketplace plans, and will collect data on what types of nutrition services exchange plans currently cover to explore whether the essential benefits should...