   Stick or carrot?  When it comes to obesity, Michelle Obama
can teach Michael Bloomberg something  See article  Readers'
comments    Health Care does not exist in merica-What does exist
is Illness cre and it is inadequae and expensive. Health Caare
would begin Byissuing an obligatory H number to every new born
American. This number will follow him to the grave,varying
slightly with Other Identity numbers like drivers or pilot's
license numbers and would open the health sory of his life. All
physical and mental conditions including age, weight and stature
would be fed into the individual file by parents,wards, and the
individual. Laboratory and other test results, medication etc
would be registered. The program would contemplate auomatic and
periodic analysis of the individual and of thecity,region, or
any of a series of affiliations to develop early warning
notifications of potential serious damagge to "good health". The
potential for preventive medicine should outweigh deficiencis in
detal at this moment.