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Cory Booker: “SNAP dollars spent on real fruit, real vegetables, real food…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Sen. Cory Booker Warns of U.S. Health Crisis & Calls for "Food is Medicine" Reform Plan | AC1N

Published | Video Starts at 07:07

Only $100 came from her, 600 from the taxpayer. That disease vanished once she was able to purchase all of those fruits and vegetables. We need to scale that program up, make it universal. SNAP dollars spent on real fruit, real vegetables, real food from a real farm counts double. we turn a 113 billion dollar grocery program into the largest preventative medicine program in American history. And we make healthy food more affordable for families that need it most. (07:07–07:16)

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Asserts that SNAP benefits can be doubled when spent on certain healthy foods.

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