There's a lot going on today. I'm not even sure where to begin. And I certainly don't know what's next. So I thought I'd try to cover as much ground as possible before it starts snowing again.
You see that first lady Michelle Obama "rolled" out her childhood obesity campaign yesterday? It's a 70-step program aimed at cutting childhood obesity to 5 percent by 2030. Hey, I'm all for fighting back against childhood obesity, but does it really need to be so complicated? How about just having the little tykes take 70 extra steps?
By the way, it looks like my home state of Missouri is just the latest to strike back at Washington over health care reform. The legislature there decided to take a different tack and put it before voters in the form of a ballot initiative. Voters there will have their say over the issue of health insurance mandates, but it will probably amount to little more than a symbolic gesture since the courts have held for years that federal law trumps state ones. But it's certainly an interesting political experiment, especially given Missouri's own history when it comes to states' rights issues.
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Oh, and Walgreen's is offering genetic testing. Sounds pretty cool, right? I was all set to go pick up my kit and find out if I'll end up as bald as my grandpa, as absent-minded as my mother, or as out-of-shape as my dad. I mean, seriously, I had this whole checklist sketched out before I finished my first cup of coffee. It was like some kind of crystal ball into my biological future. Well, it's not to be. Apparently right now there are only a limited number of tests available. And each of them costs around 50 bucks or so, in addition to the 30 bucks you have to drop for a glorified Q-tip. But just try to get those kind of figures from your doctor next time you're in the waiting room.
And, last but not least, it could come as no surprise to anyone that the latest estimates out of Washington indicate that the president's health reform bill will bill out at more than $1 trillion now. Who didn't see this coming? I'm not normally one to say I told you so, but, seriously, I did call this one. Not that it was a tough one. I mean, I might as well predict Justin Bieber's career's gonna stall out right around the time his voice changes.
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