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...whom these restaurants cater. Restaurateurs argue that such a policy would be unfair and harm the local economy by pushing out profitable business. Lawmakers, however, must adopt a longer-term view. In 2000, the cost of treating diseases resulting from obesity—measured in insurance costs, Medicare, and Medicaid??€”came to the grand sum of $117 billion. These are costs that come back to affect all Americans in the form of rising insurance premiums and a struggling health-care system and are enough to outweigh short-term business profit...
Additionally, Price said many of the Harvard employees qualify for Medicaid??€”a government health care program for the poor. She said employees who do not view their job as unpredictable would not want to be bound by the University’s health care system...
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