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cut down and eliminate the refined carbohydrates, serve whole grains and cut.
You look at the food, it's all fried inflammatory food.
Let's get whole food protein.
So it took the principles of the dietary guidelines and we're pushing that on hospitals.
And the hospitals are billing Medicare and Medicaid up to $400 per day
for food, the government.
So this is not an affordability issue.
This is just a common sense issue.
And frankly, as Kyle said, and I credit the hospital CEOs, they've come to us and said, this is ridiculous.
They've actually welcomed it.
And we're working with them on voluntary commitments for just general food that they serve at the hospitals.
Hospitals are the largest employer
In the United States, more Americans are employed in the healthcare hospital system than any other industry.
So we see this trickle into the cafeteria.
Yeah, it trickles into healthcare workers being sicker than the average American.
And that's tens of millions of people.
So this is a very important thing.
act for patient health, but also just general American public health because tens of millions of Americans are eating in hospitals every day.
Well, Kyle, it just makes a great point about how we think about things.
So we have the letter to nudge on the macro incentives.