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Family Physician Urges Long-Term Funding for Community Health Centers, Pilot Medicare Meals and SNAP Access for Older Adults
Summary
Dr. Sarah Nossal told the Senate Aging Committee that clinical counseling on diet and exercise is ineffective unless communities provide access to healthy food, safe places to exercise and stable housing; she urged long-term funding for community health centers and teaching‑health‑center graduate medical education.
Dr. Sarah Nossal, a practicing family physician in the South Bronx and president‑elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, told the Senate Special Committee on Aging that social determinants of health prevent many patients from following clinical advice. Nossal described patients who could not refrigerate insulin because of utility shutoffs, who faced four flights of stairs to reach public transit with a walker, or who lacked nearby grocery stores with affordable whole foods.
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