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The US has bad medical & food programs.. FTFY, it's remarkably expensive, low touch, and uninformed vs other countries. The US's medical and food programs focu
by AgloeDreams 7y ago
The US has bad medical & food programs..
FTFY, it's remarkably expensive, low touch, and uninformed vs other countries.
The US's medical and food programs focus exclusively on money rather than quality of care or informing parents. We simply give out prepaid 'credit' cards and medical cards, there is little to ensure that they are used correctly or in a healthy manner. We don't do much to ensure that kids actually see doctors, we don't do much to ensure quality of food choices, cooking, or health, the school lunch programs are littered with terrible nutrition and only covers lunch and sometimes breakfast.
The most telling thing about America is that we honest to goodness keep infant formula in grocery stores...in security cases.
- nonford150 7y agoThis statement must be qualified. Stores experience shoplifting of formula due to cost. The locked cabinets protect expensive stock. WIC programs specifically include X amount of baby formula as part of the program. Especially in low-income areas (and increasingly higher level income areas) formula has become a form of currency and an easy way to launder drug money. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/money-issue-baby-formula-crime-ring.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/02/magazine/mone... The amazing part is the inefficiency of the WIC program made the formula black market possible.
- rootusrootus 7y ago> The most telling thing about America is that we honest to goodness keep infant formula in grocery stores...in security cases. Not in any store I have ever shopped in.
- electricviolet 7y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/us/baby-formula-the-locked-case-at-the-front-of-the-store.html https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/us/baby-formula-the-locke... I suspect it's primarily in low-income areas.