SNAP enrollment associated with reduced health care spending among poor

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-09/tjnj-sea092117.php

Public Release: 25-Sep-2017
SNAP enrollment associated with reduced health care spending among poor
The JAMA Network Journals

Enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation's largest program aimed at alleviating food insecurity, was associated with reduced health care spending by low-income adults in the United States over a two-year period, according to a new study published by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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SNAP program participation was associated with about $1,400 in lower subsequent health care costs per year per person for low-income adults, according to the results.

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