🏥 Health Oct 6, 2026 · Michael Greger M.D. FACLM

Why Don’t Health Insurers Promote a Healthier Diet?

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Why Don’t Health Insurers Promote a Healthier Diet?
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Why don’t more big payors in health care embrace plant-based eating?
Many of the diseases “that cause a constant drain on health care budgets can be prevented by nutrition;” so, why aren’t the big payors getting involved? Even a 1% decline in excess body fat could alone save tens of billions in medical costs. You’d think at least the health insurance industry would try to get people to eat more healthfully to try to pay out less money. Well, one could say “the insurance industry benefits from hi

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