Michael Pollan released a well-timed op-ed on NYT this morning to follow on the President's fiery speech last night.Pollan addresses an essential question that has thus far been ignored by politicians:
What is the food industries role in the health care debate?
As Pollan writes, antiquated farm policy has led to,
The government is putting itself in the uncomfortable position of subsidizing both the costs of treating Type 2 diabetes and the consumption of high-fructose corn syrup.
His final conclusion? Forcing health insurance companies to pay the true cost of chronic disease care may be the impetus for not just for farm policy reform, but for changing the dangerous way that Americans eat.
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