Senate Version of Health Care Wants ACORN To Watch Your Weight

As if the government intrusion into our lives hasn't gone far enough, the Senate's version of the health care bill wants to let the state governments and community organizations instigate health programs at work and monitor peoples' weight, eating habits and more.

The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) would provide federal grants to state and local governments and a “national network of community-based organizations” to "promote healthy living and reduce disparities" and to monitor people's weight, eating, exercise habits and other individual behaviors that affect health at the community level (1).

The language instituting the program, titled "Community Transformation Grants," is on pages 382-387 of the bill as posted on the committee's Web site. It authorizes three types of agencies to receive money:

1. State governments


2. Local governments


3. National network of community-based organizations

Not surprisingly, the committee proposing the bill is chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA).

You have to do some searching, but you can find the text of the bill here.

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1. Mora, Edwin (2009, August 18). "Which 'National Network of Community-Based Organizations' Will Health-Care Bill Fund to Monitor Your Diet and Weight?". CNS News.
Retrieved August 18, 2009, from CNS News