Wednesday, March 24, 2010

This Just In: Bad Habits Explain Class Differences in Health

From HealthDay news. Our president seems to think there just isn't enough "good health" going around, so he created this monstrosity of a health care bill to spread the health (and wealth). Too bad he didn't account for bad habits!

No health care bill is going to stop people from smoking, drinking, using drugs, or flocking to junk food outlets. It also isn't going to get them off the couch, either.

"Unhealthy behaviors -- including higher rates of smoking, poor diets and lack of exercise -- can explain almost three-fourths of the higher death rate among people of lower socioeconomic standing, a new study suggests."

I sent a copy of this article to Obama.

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