With health-care reform, it's nag, nag, nag Washington Post
So health reform includes a 10 percent tax on the use of indoor tanning beds . (Someone needs to stop this slow-motion Chernobyl.) The law also requires fast-food restaurants to post their calorie counts at the drive-through window, lest anyone be under the impression that a Big Mac is health food.
Recently, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) called for a ban on chewing tobacco in major league baseball. A lawyer for the players' association said, "We can go back to the players and say, 'Congress feels strongly about this. You ought to think about it. Look what's happened on other issues Congress felt strongly about.' " And concerned scientists raised the prospect of legal limits on the salt content of processed foods . There is safety in blandness.
Most symbolically, this year's White House Easter Egg Roll pointedly did not include the distribution of teeth-rotting, obesity-inducing candy. "Every goodie bag," according to one account, "was stuffed with pre-screened fruit, and the grounds were filled with exercise stations." One can only imagine the joy on young faces when they got their apple and their workout.
June 1, CIGNA began offering individual health insurance plans in Connecticut. Their portfolio of health plans for CT residents include open access managed care plans and high-deductible health plans that are HSA eligible. Until this recent product launch, CIGNA had only offered health insurance to mid to large employer groups in Connecticut.![Physician Disputes Obama's Claim of 46 Million Uninsured Americans CNSNews.com]("http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/UTx9FvU4E3DK4M/6.jpg")
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