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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: Legislators want to ban bacon...
Description: If you thought hospital food was bland now, get ready to hear this. The Oregon Legislature is considering a bill that bans hospitals from serving bacon and every other salted, smoked, or cured meat. Because House Bill 2348 also requires hospitals to make plant-based food available, proponents argue that this is simply about promoting good health. But who’s to say that a room full of legislators knows more than a hospital full of doctors?
Being stuck in a hospital bed is bad enough. Patients need to eat to keep up their strength. And comfort food is one se...