Thread: About healthcare.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Junk fast food is cheaper than healthy fast food.

If you shop with care, select in season products, plan
healthy balanced meals and cook for your family it is
possible to eat very well and a lot cheaper than takeout.

Heck someone on this list posted pictures of his hand made
pizza. I know that I can make scratch dough, and make
a fine pie for a lot less than the shop does. It does take
time and planning.

So, the biggest contributor to being unhealthy is lazyness and not food. Or cost of food, or the evil corporate food giants forcing us to eat unhealthy, or so many other factors we might point at to absolve us of any blame or responsibility? Is this what you are saying?

If it is what you are saying then I concur.

Originally Posted by JMS

So, the biggest contributor to being unhealthy is lazyness and not food. Or cost of food, or the evil corporate food giants forcing us to eat unhealthy, or so many other factors we might point at to absolve us of any blame or responsibility? Is this what you are saying?

If it is what you are saying then I concur.

I don't think it's just laziness.

A study from the American Dietetic Association found:

On average, low-income families would have to devote 43-70% of their food budget to meet the fruit and veggie dietary guidelines.

Study

Originally Posted by NYCshaver

I don't think it's just laziness.

A study from the American Dietetic Association found:

On average, low-income families would have to devote 43-70% of their food budget to meet the fruit and veggie dietary guidelines.

Study

Is 43-70% too much? What about the other 30-57% of their food budgets? I didn't read that these families were not getting sufficient nutrition.

Besides that, dietary guidelines are just that - guidelines, not absolute requirements.

Originally Posted by honedright

Is 43-70% too much? What about the other 30-57% of their food budgets? I didn't read that these families were not getting sufficient nutrition.

Besides that, dietary guidelines are just that - guidelines, not absolute requirements.

Well this was about healthy eating. They have to spend up to 70% of their food budget to eat healthy.

If they're hurting for cash I can see why thy don't eat healthy.

Originally Posted by honedright

And why aren't all plans currently available to all citizens?

Isn't it because of the Federal government's involvement prohibiting private insurance businesses from competing across state lines?

What are you talking about? I used to sell policies in NH, issued by a company in Texas. Any insurance company is free to sell its policies anywhere outside the state of origin. They simply have to comply with the insurance regulations of the state in which it's sold. To me, that is the Federal Government not interfering with the rights of states. How is that Federal invovlement?

Originally Posted by JMS

So, the biggest contributor to being unhealthy is lazyness and not food. Or cost of food, or the evil corporate food giants forcing us to eat unhealthy, or so many other factors we might point at to absolve us of any blame or responsibility? Is this what you are saying?

If it is what you are saying then I concur.

At 100 levels yes. Lazyness is too harsh but in a single word
is is exactly the issue.

Sweet equity is a big part of a solution because by working
at what goes on the table you spend less and can eat better.

Originally Posted by leadduck

What are you talking about?

I was asking a question.

Originally Posted by NYCshaver

Well this was about healthy eating. They have to spend up to 70% of their food budget to eat healthy.

If they're hurting for cash I can see why thy don't eat healthy.

I'd wager that most people who don't follow a balanced diet fail to do so due to lack of knowledge, or due to lack of concern, more so than lack of finance.

Before the health care reform push started I learned about our health care system in my Medical Sociology class. The big message I got from our class is that the US health care system is the most expensive and is not nearly the most effective.

We did a class activity where we were given options to creat out own health care system, about 80% percent of the class chose a government run health care system. After really seeing the problems our health care system has and comparing it to other more successful health care systems in the world I'm sure most educated people would choose the same thing.

Lets get this thing through next week!

Originally Posted by Ramusico

Before the health care reform push started I learned about our health care system in my Medical Sociology class. The big message I got from our class is that the US health care system is the most expensive and is not nearly the most effective.

We did a class activity where we were given options to creat out own health care system, about 80% percent of the class chose a government run health care system. After really seeing the problems our health care system has and comparing it to other more successful health care systems in the world I'm sure most educated people would choose the same thing.

Lets get this thing through next week!

In that case , let's reform our educational systen first!