In hand out of billions of $$$ to BIG PHARMA CORPORATIONS…Biden pushes for medicaid and medicare to pay for free Ozempic weight loss drug

[ColonelAngus]

You don't even have to eat less, just eat healthy food and avoid eating garbage.

The government should not be a cash windfall for the drug companies for sure.

 

[Concerned American]

You don't even have to eat less, just eat healthy food and avoid eating garbage.

That goes without saying, but the bottom line is a person has to burn the calories they consume. If you're not burning them, you are gaining weight.

 

[NetJedi]

That goes without saying, but the bottom line is a person has to burn the calories they consume. If you're not burning them, you are gaining weight.

Of course, exercise is a vital component of maintaining a healthy weight and staying healthy overall. One of the problems though, it's that the garbage food is not only high in calories but a lot of it is specifically designed to cause your body to crave more calories. Healthy foods like, for example, green leafy vegetables are not only lower in calories but also are more "filling" with the added benefit of being high in both fiber and micronutrients.

Yet growers of green leafy vegetables don't receive government subsidies while crops like corn (high fructose corn syrup, corn oil, livestock feed, etc.,) which are used to go into garbage food are. We have an upside-down agricultural policy in the U.S. which one might conclude is intentionally designed to make the population unhealthy by artificially driving down the price of unhealthy foods.

 

[Rawley]

What is absurd about an affordable weight loss drug?

$1000 a month is absurd

That's what the demented twatwaffle still in the WH is willing to take out of your pocket to give to the drug companies and some fat **** sitting on his couch.
Stop eating. Take a ******* walk.

 

[BackAgain]

That's what the demented twatwaffle still in the WH is willing to take out of your pocket to give to the drug companies and some fat **** sitting on his couch.
Stop eating. Take a ******* walk.

Oh. Ok. <<grumble grumble>>. I will.

 

[rightwinger]

That's what the demented twatwaffle still in the WH is willing to take out of your pocket to give to the drug companies and some fat **** sitting on his couch.
Stop eating. Take a ******* walk.

With 70 percent of Americans overweight, that advice hasn’t worked for over 50 years

These drugs cut weight effectively
The price of these drugs are cheaper than treating heart disease, diabetes, strokes

Common sense

 

[NetJedi]

With 70 percent of Americans overweight, that advice hasn’t worked for over 50 years

These drugs cut weight effectively
The price of these drugs are cheaper than treating heart disease, diabetes, strokes

Common sense

It's just masking the problem instead of addressing the root causes and in the long run the costs will be higher and the misery more widespread.

TANSTAFL

 

[BluesLegend]

Dems love to tax and spend OUR money the dickheads.

 

[g5000]

A man in Germany once told me something along the lines of "Americans are the only nation that drives up to a window to pick up a super sized burger and fries and a DIET COKE." SMH.

SMH:

 

[g5000]

 

[g5000]

Best joke about RFK, Jr. so far:

 

[elektra]

You need to travel more. The US is BY FAR more obese than most other nations, ranking tenth overall.

Ranking (% obesity by country)

data.worldobesity.org

Approximately 75% of Americans are obese or overweight: Study

Nearly 75% of adults living in the United States are obese or overweight since 2021, according to a new study published by the Lancet. “I would consider

www.washingtonexaminer.com

More Americans now obese than overweight | WashU Medicine

New research at Washington University School of Medicine shows that the number of Americans considered obese or overweight is continuing to rise, reinforcing the need for strategies to address this growing problem.

medicine.washu.edu

News: About 74 percent of adults in the U.S.... (The Washington Post) - Behind the headlines - NLM

(The Washington Post) About 74 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight, according to the CDC. Associated research findings from the National Library of Medicine.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Travel more? I spent 5 years in Brazil, a year in Mexico, a year in Canada, 4 months in Spain. I been to England and Argentina.

You are the one that needs to travel and quit using Google as your brain.

Americans are no fatter than other nations.

 

[Concerned American]

Travel more? I spent 5 years in Brazil, a year in Mexico, a year in Canada, 4 months in Spain. I been to England and Argentina.

And after traveling to those places, you think that they are more obese than the US? LOL. BTW, I saw more of the world before I was 16 than you've seen in your entire life.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

What is absurd about an affordable weight loss drug?

$1000 a month is absurd

Not eating like a killer whale is cheaper

 

[Concerned American]

Americans are no fatter than other nations.

I have provided you with links to NIH and CDC as well as news sources that dispute your claim. Take it up with you. The US is the 10th most obese country in the world. That is a fact.

 

[elektra]

I have provided you with links to NIH and CDC as well as news sources that dispute your claim. Take it up with you. The US is the 10th most obese country in the world. That is a fact.

Yes, you googled cause you have not traveled the world, like me, for 40 years.

the cdc don't know covid from a cold or Wuhan from just bat shit crazy.

I seen the world and the people. Americans are average weight.

 

[AZrailwhale]

I watched a piece on this on the news last night. A statistic was quoted that 75% of the adult US population is overweight or obese. WOW. Americans need to learn self restraint when it comes to their eating habits. Pharmaceuticals are not a replacement for common sense. How about promoting physical exercise with the most important one being "push back away from the table." A man in Germany once told me something along the lines of "Americans are the only nation that drives up to a window to pick up a super sized burger and fries and a DIET COKE." SMH.

I and a lot of other people, prefer the taste of Diet Coke.

 

[Concerned American]

Yes, you googled cause you have not traveled the world, like me, for 40 years

To date, I have traveled 17 countries from Asia to Europe and North, Central and South America as well as all 50 states in my 74 years, whistle britches.

the cdc don't know covid from a cold or Wuhan from just bat shit crazy.

That's a fact, but they, unlike you, can determine obesity--or are you just in denial.
BTW, you seem to disregard the other sources I cited. Fail.

Americans are average weight.

Average adult weight in the US, male and female, 183 lbs. Average adult weight for the rest of the world is 137 lbs. Try again.
The average weight of people in the United States and North America is higher than in any other places around the world.

How Much Does the Average Man Weigh?

Discover how much the average man weighs. Also find out how to use BMI and other tools to determine if you’re at a healthy weight.

www.healthline.com

 

[lafayette]

Wegovy, etc., will pay the cost for it over and over in better health.

 

[petro]

How many years until we find out this crap also has long term negative health effects?
How long until the lawsuits and settlements?

There is no miracle drug.
A pill isn't going to cure poor habits.