> Right now it has very little incentive to do that because Americans being fat and sick is "not the government's problem". It's the people's and insurance comp

> Right now it has very little incentive to do that because Americans being fat and sick is "not the government's problem". It's the people's and insurance companies' problem, which is why insurance companies fight to be responsible for treating as few conditions as possible. I wonder, does the US goverment (state, local or federal) insitute programs for physical excerise/sports? my goverment does this, especially with children and teenagers/young adults (the first two also have mandatory P.E Classes in school, and outside of school, sports is usually subsidized for the poor). Getting people to live healthy at a young age results in people living healthy when they are adults.