As soon as insurance is extended to everyone at the same cost through health reform, it'll be the insurers who will be motivated to change America's dietary habits:
"Even under the weaker versions of health care reform now on offer, health insurers would be required to take everyone at the same rates, provide a standard level of coverage and keep people on their rolls regardless of their health. Terms like "pre-existing conditions" and "underwriting" would vanish from the health insurance rulebook — and, when they do, the relationship between the health insurance industry and the food industry will undergo a sea change."
"...few things could do more to slow the rise of Type 2 diabetes among adolescents than to reduce their soda consumption, which represents 15 percent of their caloric intake"
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Big Food vs. Big Insurance
The American way of eating has become the elephant in the room in the debate over health care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html
nytimes
"...few things could do more to slow the rise of Type 2 diabetes among adolescents than to reduce their soda consumption, which represents 15 percent of their caloric intake"
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: Big Food vs. Big Insurance
The American way of eating has become the elephant in the room in the debate over health care.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html
nytimes
No comments:
Post a Comment