From 3b798a8df289e40c51e85fb04d716e41c2983387 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teleo Agents Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:47:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] extract: 2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine Pentagon-Agent: Epimetheus <968B2991-E2DF-4006-B962-F5B0A0CC8ACA> --- ...-year-window-excludes-long-term-savings.md | 6 +++++ ...-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.json | 26 ++++++++++--------- ...ms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.md | 16 +++++++++++- 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/domains/health/federal-budget-scoring-methodology-systematically-undervalues-preventive-interventions-because-10-year-window-excludes-long-term-savings.md b/domains/health/federal-budget-scoring-methodology-systematically-undervalues-preventive-interventions-because-10-year-window-excludes-long-term-savings.md index 46c0107d0..7c410e535 100644 --- a/domains/health/federal-budget-scoring-methodology-systematically-undervalues-preventive-interventions-because-10-year-window-excludes-long-term-savings.md +++ b/domains/health/federal-budget-scoring-methodology-systematically-undervalues-preventive-interventions-because-10-year-window-excludes-long-term-savings.md @@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ IMPaCT's $2.47 Medicaid ROI within the same fiscal year demonstrates that at lea 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. + --- Relevant Notes: diff --git a/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.json b/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.json index 35c2e7d8a..3f73e6753 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.json +++ b/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2024-10-31-cms-vbid-model-termination-food-medicine.json @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ { "rejected_claims": [ { - "filename": "cms-vbid-termination-removes-food-as-medicine-payment-infrastructure-while-ssbci-replacement-excludes-low-income-eligibility.md", + "filename": "cms-vbid-termination-removes-payment-infrastructure-for-food-as-medicine-and-ssbci-replacement-excludes-low-income-eligibility.md", "issues": [ "missing_attribution_extractor" ] }, { - "filename": "food-as-medicine-policy-rhetoric-diverges-from-payment-infrastructure-as-maha-movement-coincides-with-vbid-termination.md", + "filename": "preventive-health-payment-infrastructure-contracts-during-fiscal-pressure-even-when-long-term-roi-is-positive.md", "issues": [ "missing_attribution_extractor" ] @@ -16,21 +16,23 @@ "validation_stats": { "total": 2, "kept": 0, - 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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