michael pollan on healthcare reform
"The American way of eating has become the elephant in the room in the debate over health care...
...the government is putting itself in the uncomfortable position of subsidizing both the costs of treating Type 2 diabetes and the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup...
... One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care industry... "
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
...the government is putting itself in the uncomfortable position of subsidizing both the costs of treating Type 2 diabetes and the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup...
... One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care industry... "
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10pollan.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all