In a new book, discussed in this Wall Street Journal piece, the authors suggest “healthy living vouchers” as a way to fight obesity in this country.
Drawing a direct analogy with the effect of vouchers in the education system, Messrs. Seeman and Luciani suggest “healthy-living vouchers” that could be redeemed from different (certified) places—gyms, diet classes, vegetable sellers and more. Education vouchers, they point out, are generally disliked by rich whites as being bad for poor blacks—and generally liked by poor blacks. A bottom-up solution empowers people better than top-down government fiat.
Here’s an idea that requires no government intervention: eat less and exercise more.
