Health care bill loaded up with goodies

by Walter Olson on December 11, 2009

Regulatory goodies, if there are such a thing, including a mandate that mid-size and bigger employers set aside space for employee breastfeeding, and those nutritional labels on vending machines. [USA Today] See also Point of Law, Nov. 20 (goodies for labor unions).

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Tagged as: obesity, restaurants, workplace

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1 Rliyen 12.11.09 at 9:51 am: I read about this a few days ago. What incensed me was the quote drop by the 53 year old diabetic commenting on the “Vending Machine Nutrition Labels”.

“It’d be nice.”

All the while he’s pulling an ice cream sandwich from a vending machine.
2 Amy Alkon 12.12.09 at 7:50 pm: Set aside space for employee breastfeeding? Jeez.

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