Five Simple Policies To Reset America’s “Rigged” Health System  

Calley Means, a one-time consultant for big food and pharmaceutical companies in the Washington, DC, swap and now the founder of TrueMed, a company that enables tax-free spending on food and exercise, has outlined on X five simple policies the federal government can implement to correct the “rigged system” that has contributed to the nation’s obesity crisis. 

Means first compares childhood obesity rates in the US, over 20%, with those in Japan, which are only 4%. He said 50% of US teens are overweight or obese. As we’ve noted before, this is a national security threat, given morbidly obese men aged 18-25 are no good for the modern battlefield if World War III breaks out in Eastern Europe and or the Middle East. 

Even more shocking is that the federal government nor politicians on Capitol Hill offer any simple lifestyle changes that could begin to correct this crisis. Instead, the solution is to bankrupt America’s Medicare program through Big Pharma’s blockbuster weight loss drugs, such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic.

Means calls the health system “rigged” and offers five simple policies that are getting attention from America’s billionaires:

1. Ban TV Pharma Ads

The US and New Zealand are the only countries in the world that allow pharma ads.

Pharma money is 55% of TV news spending. The reason pharma spends is not to influence consumers – it is to influence the news itself.

The President can instruct the FDA Office of Prescription Drug Promotion to ban pharma ads tomorrow.

2. No soda on SNAP (food stamps)

It is criminal that 10% of all SNAP funding goes to sugary drinks – which are leading to one-third of teens to have pre-diabetes.

Using existing drug policy, the President can issue an executive order tomorrow that government money should not subsidize an addictive, toxic substance for kids.

3. Fire the Corrupt USDA Nutrition Panel

95% of the USDA panel that makes nutrition policy is paid for by food companies.

This panel recommends 10% of a 2-year-old’s diet can be added sugar.

The President can fire this panel tomorrow and insist on unbiased guidelines.

4. No conflicts of interest among NIH researchers

This sounds like a no-brainer, but it is a radical suggestion.

Currently, there are no conflict-of-interest bans at the NIH and 8,000 researchers have “major” conflicts. 

This Is why 40x more money is spent on ways to “manage” cancer than to prevent it — prevention doesn’t make money for pharma.

This can be changed tomorrow.

5. Reform Insane Ag Subsidies

Today, the federal government subsidizes tobacco more than vegetables.

90% of agriculture subsidies go the components of ultra-processed food (corn, soy, wheat) – distorting incentives for farmers

These subsidies are Implemented by the Ag Department.

In Japan, the childhood obesity rate is 4%.

In the US, it is over 20%.

50% of American teens are overweight or obese.

This moral stain on our country isn’t “free choice.” US parents don’t hate their kids more.

We have a rigged system + can change it with 5 simple policies:…

— Calley Means (@calleymeans) May 5, 2024

Bill Ackman and Elon Musk took notice of the proposed policies… 

Ozempic ftw 🤷‍♂️

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2024

Means added, “Japan has a 5x lower childhood obesity rate BECAUSE they address the root cause.” 

Japan has a 5x lower childhood obesity rate BECAUSE they address the root cause.

Diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, autism, and autoimmune conditions are all significantly higher in the US because we trust pharma too much – not because we don’t have enough drugs.

— Calley Means (@calleymeans) May 5, 2024

In a separate post in March, Means wrote, “If our kids are being poisoned by our food, the solution is not to let that happen + inject them w government-funded Ozempic for life.” 

.@elonmusk is the most important living American, but he’s dead wrong on Ozempic.

If our kids are being poisoned by our food, the solution is not to let that happen + inject them w government-funded Ozempic for life.

It’s to stop poisoning them.

This is a first order issue. pic.twitter.com/zs6nI3PToj

— Calley Means (@calleymeans) February 4, 2024

Meanwhile… 

More than ever, Americans must break free of the food-industrial complex and big pharma or risk early death.