Uber on Tuesday said that it plans to work with health plans and providers to prescribe food as medicine. The program, in beta testing now, aims to be in place for health plans in 2024.

Uber Health works with health plans to manage the transportation needs of their members, particularly elderly Americans in Medicare plans — the federal health-insurance program for seniors ...

Uber and Lyft are battling to tap the healthcare market by addressing social determinants of health. ... More A Lyft ride-sharing car is seen on Park Avenue in New York City March 26, 2019.

This isn’t Uber’s first attempt to crack the health care market. In 2018, Uber Health launched to allow health plans and providers to use the platform to coordinate non-emergency transportation.