I read last night that back in April, legislation was introduced in both the Senate and Congress. This legislation is called The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017. The purpose of this legislation is to provide healthcare professionals with more funding and better options for treating obesity.
What this means if it passes is that there would be better counseling, better interventions, and better drug treatments for the patients. According to Representative Ron Kind from Wisconsin, "Obesity accounts for nearly 10% of all annual medical spending here in the U.S." He continued, "Unless we doe something to address the obesity epidemic, the costs and harm to public health will only continue to rise. This legislation is a step toward controlling out of control healthcare spending and to improve health outcomes of the patients".
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