Guest Editorial: Sugar tax should be part of health reform

Posted on March 19, 2012 |

• Editorial

By Emerson Lynn

George Till represents the town of Jericho. He is a Democrat by choice and a doctor by trade. Presumably, he thought his professional background would be an asset as the Legislature dealt with health care reform and its many variants.

He is experiencing, first-hand, the frustration that results from a commonsense objective being thwarted by the politics of money and the difficulty of individuals assuming responsibility for their own health.

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