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Systemic Impacts: One Patient, Many
Implications

When Rebecca switched to a plant-based oral biologic, it
wasn’t just her symptoms that changed—it was everything
around her.

For the healthcare system,
Her absence from the infusion suite meant more than just
one less patient on the schedule. It meant no more billing
for hours-long procedures, fewer labs to order, fewer
complications to manage. And for the clinic staff, it meant
time freed up to care for others still waiting for relief.

For insurers,
The shift meant a welcome departure from sky-high
specialty drug markups. Emergency visits dropped. So did
disease flares. In their place: predictable, sustainable care
that didn’t break the bank or bend the system.

For her community,
Rebecca’s success lit a spark. Local partners—including a
vertical farm and a community health hub—came together
to explore producing these therapies close to home. Not in
far-off factories, but right here, where healing could grow
from the ground up.

And for Rebecca herself,
The biggest change wasn’t just physical. It was personal.
For the first time in years, she felt free. Free from the
routines that had defined her illness. Free to see her body
not as broken, but as something worth tending—like a
garden, not a battlefield.

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