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California governor: ‘Doctors should be able to write prescriptions for housing’

By Madison Dibble
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California governor: ‘Doctors should be able to write prescriptions for housing’

Doctors may start prescribing homes to sick patients as part of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan for a holistic solution to healthcare and homelessness.

In a series of tweets on Friday, the Democrat argued healthcare and homelessness are not separate problems. He suggested doctors should be able to prescribe a place to stay if they are treating a mentally ill person who does not have stable housing.

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