The first negative consequence of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley joining fifteen other states in opting out of a state-run health insurance exchange under Obamacare has surfaced. Haley’s Department of Health and Environmental Control has made fighting obesity in South Carolina a number one priority. The director of the agency…
Obesity, regulations and donuts
Last month the new director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) stirred up the debate on healthcare in the Palmetto State. Catherine Templeton said that she had a “hallelujah moment” in talking with health experts when she realized that obesity was an important contributor to…