Obesity drives $39 billion of annual medicare and medicaid expenses (graphic).
Is there anything in either Pelosi’s or Reid’s versions of Obamacare that addresses this? They are after all healthcare bills so one could reasonably expect the legislation to improve healthcare if not health. Of course, the legislation is also supposed to reduce healthcare costs nationally. If that is, in fact, the goal, this would seem like a good place to start.
Tags: debt, Healthcare, obamacare, socialism