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Will ACORN receive health care money to monitor your diet?

By Alliance Alert

CNSNews: "The health care reform bill approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) would provide federal grants to state and local governments and a 'national network of community-based organizations' to 'promote healthy living and reduce disparities' and to monitor people's weight, eating, exercise habits and other individual behaviors that affect health at the community level . . . the Kennedy health care bill does not say which 'national network of community-based organizations' is eligible to participate. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said that it is possible that the controversial group ACORN could qualify for the available grants."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).