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ObamaCare coming to vending machines, next to the chips and nuts
FOX News ^ | April 11, 2014 | Maggie Thurber (watchdog.org)

Posted on 04/11/2014 11:58:34 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Candy, chips and a helping of ObamaCare.

It's already disrupted the health-care marketplace. Now, the Affordable Care Act is infiltrating vending machines.

Yep, a provision in the Affordable Care Act requires vending machines to display the calorie content of all food items. The FDA finalized the regulations April 3.

If you know the calorie content of an item, you might make a more healthy choice. Or so the thinking goes.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caloriecounts; food; health; junkfood; letsmove; michelleobama; moveitfatso; nannystate; nutrition; obama; obamacare; obesity; vendingmachines
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To: tbw2

I’m not a draconian but, there shouldn’t BE vending machines, or cellphones allowed in schools. Just my opinion.


21 posted on 04/13/2014 8:42:20 PM PDT by ourworldawry
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