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VBID termination was driven by $2.3B excess costs in CY2021-2022, measured within a short window that could not capture long-term savings from food-as-medicine interventions. CMS cited 'unprecedented' excess costs as justification, demonstrating how short-term cost accounting drives policy decisions even for preventive interventions with strong theoretical long-term ROI.
### Additional Evidence (confirm)
*Source: [[2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine]] | Added: 2026-03-19*
VBID termination cited $2.3-2.2 billion annual excess costs as justification, but this accounting captures only immediate expenditures for food/nutrition benefits, not the long-term savings from preventing chronic disease in food-insecure populations. The 10-year scoring window excludes the 15-30 year horizon where food-as-medicine ROI materializes through reduced diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions. A program with positive lifetime ROI was terminated for 'excess costs' that ignore downstream savings.
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- VBID termination announced by Biden administration October/November 2024
- VBID ends December 31, 2025
- SSBCI (replacement pathway) does not allow eligibility based on low income or socioeconomic disadvantage
## Key Facts
- VBID excess costs: $2.3 billion in CY2021, $2.2 billion in CY2022
- ~2,000 MA plans participated in VBID at peak
- Food/nutrition assistance was the most common VBID supplemental benefit in 2024
- 6 of 8 states with active 1115 waivers for food-as-medicine programs were placed under CMS review
- VBID termination announced by Biden administration October/November 2024
- VBID ends December 31, 2025
- SSBCI does not allow eligibility based on low income or socioeconomic disadvantage