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Or they could help stop it from the beginning.

Posted on: June 1, 2012 at 09:53:06 CT
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The government is subsidizing a lot of the production of high fructose corn syrup produced by a few large companies (I think we all know who). Instead of making it cheaper for them to produce that, subsidize organic fruits and veggies grown by farmers and not corporations. It should be cheaper to buy healthy, not the other way around.
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I see both sides of the cap on size of soft drinks Bloomberg - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:34:43
     it's a dumb@ss proposal... - tigerdb MU - 6/1 09:55:22
          What about double quarter pounders, or those big little - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:57:36
               I don't think I could eat a 32oz porterhouse with getting - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:04:49
               Not to mention an ice cream ban... - tigerdb MU - 6/1 09:59:03
                    Now I'm getting angry. Leave my ice cream alone.(nm) - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:05:40
     Most commercially prepared food has 3 key ingrediants..sugar - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:53:36
     Or they could help stop it from the beginning. - kmawv8 KC - 6/1 09:53:06
          Someone watched Food, Inc. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:54:01
               I haven't seen it - kmawv8 KC - 6/1 09:56:13
                    You should watch it. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 10:01:41
     What will help keep healthcare costs down - Domino MU - 6/1 09:50:28
     This shouldn't be a gov't thing, but your health ins - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:45:31
          exactly, the market can take care of this - Bucknell Bison MU - 6/1 09:50:01
               here is the issue, there are a lot of fat people, so getting - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:52:46
          Incentivizing healthiness is a much better plan than - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:46:34
               do you have a plan for this? I agree that companies should - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:47:49
                    Lower insurance premiums for those participating in a - Domino MU - 6/1 09:52:49
                         Our company makes extensive use of this (nm) - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:15:12
                         Should be the same for Medicare/Medicaid (nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:53:28
                              States are opening up their medicaid programs to managed - Domino MU - 6/1 09:55:19
                    I was agreeing with you - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:49:03
                         Blue Cross Blue Shield has some plans that reward you - cnk KC - 6/1 09:52:13
                              yeah, I have BCBS and they do give stuff like that, but they - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:53:58
                         I can see that. What would move you back? Things - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:51:09
                              Here's a list of some of ours - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:23:04
                              It would be up to the provider to make bench marks - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:52:43
     myth (nm) - pickle MU - 6/1 09:43:57
          vague one word response (nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:44:43
               that's 4 words (nm) - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:11:44
                    why? (nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 10:13:53
     there are two problems as I see it - SatoriTiger JC - 6/1 09:43:24
          It's a very dumb law. - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:44:59
               KILL THE SICK AND DYING NOW!(nm) - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:45:38
                    No, only the fat ones. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:47:13
     so you are going to outlaw super size beers? Door swings - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:41:07
          me? I think Bloomberg has fascist tendencies with these - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:57:49
     I dont drink sugar pop(nm) - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:40:49
          but you do eat out rather frequently it seems - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:41:48
               I eat at home more often than out and when I do I typically - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:50:06
               Urban hunting is the way to go. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:42:45
               I don't think they make food deliberately unhealthy. - tgr MU - 6/1 09:42:41
                    There is plenty of healthy food that people like and is - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:43:54
     secret - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:37:46
          I agree. We all die. The fat people hit us now but the - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:03:07
          So you think increasing obesity won't increase the costs - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:38:33
               honestly? - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:40:06
                    Yes, due to very expensive health complications. - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:41:57
                         sudden death - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:44:18
                              Been to a hospital recently? I'd say 8/10 people in the - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:46:45
                                   Are you including pregnant women in that figure? - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 09:47:19
                                        I can't wait until you and tkb have a shack baby. You - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:07:29
                                             shacktus (nm) - MizzouAstro MU - 6/1 10:14:10
                                        No. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU - 6/1 09:47:46
                    Dont be so blunt about it. You will scare Reino (nm) - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:41:14
                         he's not fat - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:42:46
                              His BMI disagrees (nm) - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:43:21
                                   ^^^doesn't understand BMI^^^(nm) - cnk KC - 6/1 09:49:08




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