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Petition · San Francisco, California

Direct California Medicaid to cover produce prescriptions

To: California state legislators and the governor

Several states have federal approval to use Medicaid for nutrition support, according to KFF. A peer-reviewed study of 9 produce-prescription programs at 22 sites, with 3,881 participants, found people ate about one more serving of fruits and vegetables a day and had lower blood pressure, body weight and blood sugar, and less food insecurity. We ask California lawmakers and the governor to have the state Medicaid…

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