Why does this Canadian GP prescribe ‘money’ for patients?
Poverty and health are connected, so this doctor writes income scripts
![Dr Gary Bloch](https://www.ausdoc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ted_talk-1.jpg)
For years, Dr Gary Bloch was troubled by patients whose health problems were due to poverty. But then the Canadian GP had a light-bulb moment.
Deciding to address the root cause of their ill health, he began writing ‘scripts’ for money — dispensed through government programs rather than the local pharmacy, Dr Bloch told the news site Vox.