Calorie labeling law to compel restaurant disclosures nationwide
The health care bill requires restaurants with 20 or more locations to display calorie counts on menus and drive throughs, creating a unified national standard. It covers meals, vending foods, and excludes some specials, with FDA drafting rules within a year.
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Health overhaul details timeline and provisions
A detailed rollout of Obama’s health reform outlines immediate and long term steps, including dependent coverage to age 26, bans on pre existing condition denials, no lifetime limits, tax credits for small firms, drug discounts, Medicare reforms, new taxes, and the creation of insurance cooperatives and health exchanges. The plan phases in through 2014 and beyond, with emphasis on expanding coverage to 94 percent of Americans and reducing hospital and provider payments while boosting preventive care.
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