I
have been thinking about last year’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court and
contrasting the debates against any form of universal health care with the discussions
in the country about eating and other lifestyle choices that cost the country
billions of dollars each year.[1] Regardless of how you feel about health care
reform, we should be concerned about the impact of fast food, junk food,
pesticides and chemicals, genetically-modified food and other factors have on
our health and well-being, which all impact our economy.
Should
we not require individuals in society to have health care, with strong
preventive requirements, if we are going to refuse to responsibly regulate what
they consume? Especially, since it will
potentially impact their long-term health and cost dollars in premiums,
emergency room visits and long-term care.
In addition, potential cost to our mental health, criminal justice and
disability systems.
If
we are going to support the proliferation of unhealthy choices in our society,
bolstered by food infused with pesticides and genetic alteration that cause
unhealthy and unwanted outcomes. See,
the early onset of puberty in young women throughout our society and especially
in populations reliant on these unnatural choices.[2]
Many
want to blame the rising cost of health care on recent immigrant populations in
our county, but studies have shown that 1st generation immigrants
have equal or better health outcomes than their American counterparts. We don’t see the negative consequences until
subsequent generations.[3]
Obama
Care may not be perfect, but neither are the food and beverage choices we
consume and support in this country, in the name of economic profit for a
few. We defend the right to drink a Coke
or eat a Twinkie as vigorously as we oppose having to pay for health care,
unknowingly or oblivious to the impact our choices have on the cost of health
care for our fellow American’s.
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