You presented a very thorough discussion post that provided many pertinent points about population health. Population health attempts to address the rising costs of our current health care system (Nash, Fabius, Skoufalos, Clarke, & Horowitz, 2016). In your post, you mention the importance of public health programs, such as Meals on Wheels. Providing home-delivered meals is an excellent way to provide savings to the government’s current Medicaid programs. In 2009, it is estimated that Meals on Wheels saved the government over $109 million dollars (Thomas & Mor, 2013). There are elderly who are unable to live at home because they cannot secure adequate nutritional needs. Meals on Wheels enable these individuals to live at home, thus saving
