The government has taken so much control over our nutritional lives that we as a people do not know how to take responsibility for our own health and wellness. As a people we have become apathetic toward our health and very dependent on the government to handle everything for us. With the introduction of the Affordable Care Act in 2009, government officials had successfully completed their task of achieving government-funded health care, and this wasn’t just President Obama’s idea. Since the Bush administration, there has been a push toward what Balko describes as socialism. Our nation’s leaders, and others, seem to think that our personal wellness and health should be deemed “public health” rather than the individual’s
The government has taken so much control over our nutritional lives that we as a people do not know how to take responsibility for our own health and wellness. As a people we have become apathetic toward our health and very dependent on the government to handle everything for us. With the introduction of the Affordable Care Act in 2009, government officials had successfully completed their task of achieving government-funded health care, and this wasn’t just President Obama’s idea. Since the Bush administration, there has been a push toward what Balko describes as socialism. Our nation’s leaders, and others, seem to think that our personal wellness and health should be deemed “public health” rather than the individual’s