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Health Care Reform: You'll Learn to Love It
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyI know you conservatives are upset about the health care reform bill clearing the House, but let me spin it another way for you.Gone are the days when you could pay the doctor with chickens and rutabagas, and those days are not coming back unless we're in a nuclear winter (in which case our current problems will seem small).Who among you can say you haven't looked at Medicare recipients and wished you too were 65 years old? Probably the first time in history that an adult longed for old age. Likewise, Medicaid for the poor may have looked like a pretty good deal if you earned too much to ...
Medical Costs of Obesity Nearly Double Over Past 10 Years
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyResearchers are warning that the cost of obesity is not measured just in terms of health, but also in dollars. A new study put the cost of obesity-related medical care at $147 billion in 2008, accounting for more than 9 percent of all medical expenditures in the United States. This is also a marked upswing from 10 years prior, when costs were just over $78 billion. The rate of obesity has climbed 37 percent in that 10-year span. The results of the study, published in the health policy journal Health Affairs, were presented Monday at the Centers for Disease Control's "Weight of the Nation" ...
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