Healthcare debate spurs us to shop at Whole Foods
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 9:16AM 
We left Whole Foods with 4 bags of groceries. Prices were in line with what we spend at other grocery stores.When the co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods wrote an Op Ed about healthcare reform for The Wall Street Journal, I read the story and thought the ideas John Mackey put forth were among the most logical I’d seen so far. Within a day of the opinion piece, left wing extremists were up in arms, criticizing the CEO for daring to express his opinion. Before that happened, I’d visited Whole Foods once, shortly after a store opened near my Florida home. It was Christmas season, I was rushed and the place was so packed I didn’t really have time to explore the products.
When the snarking began, with leftie extremist bloggers asking people to boycott the business, I decided to return to Whole Foods and spend some money. My own silent protest. Nothing in Mackey’s editorial criticized anyone. Rather the CEO simply put forth ideas that might be useful in the debate.
It’s worth reminding we do not have an official bill yet—one, HR 3200, is out of committee but Congress hasn’t voted on the bill. Most in Congress do not appear to have even read HR 3200. I’ve read broad sections; the bill is a legislative insult. Congress failed the president and the people by crafting a bill with loopholes large enough to drive an ambulance through. In my opinion HR 3200 will do nothing to reform healthcare.
