Daily Hampshire Gazette

Healthy Incentives Program sees $10 million shortfall in state budget; benefits to be cut to $20 a month

Atlas Farm Store manager Kelly Hickey in the Deerfield farm store. Atlas Farm Store in the Deerfield. gazette file photo A big change will be coming to families who take advantage of the Healthy ...
Berkshire Eagle

Our Opinion: Beacon Hill's funding boost for Healthy Incentives Program is good — and all too timely

Last year, we urged Massachusetts lawmakers to reprioritize the Healthy Incentives Program. We’re pleased to see the program known as HIP will restore higher benefit caps thanks to a spending bill ...
Medical Xpress

Financial incentives encourage healthy behavior—why aren't they used more often?

Move more, quit smoking, lose weight: great resolutions, hard to keep. But does it get easier if there is a financial incentive in return? According to research by Radboud University and others, it ...