The legislation the Senate is discussing now is interesting, and telling, by what's there, or not.

See the Bill at: democrats.senate.gov/reform/patient-protection-affordable-care-act.pdf

A convenient search tool at the site finds the number of times a word appears in the legislation:

Nutrition 29 times

Tobacco 25

Smoking 11

Obesity 9

Exercise 9

Behavior 8

Lifestyle 5

Alcohol 2

However...:

Pesticides 0

Insecticides 0

Herbicides 0

Dioxins 0

Mercury 0

Chemicals 0

Carcinogen(s) 0

Chlorine 0

Radiation 0

Depleted Uranium 0

Salmonella 0

Pollutant(s) 0

Pollution 0

Vehicle exhaust 0

Smog 0

E-coli 0

Asbestos 0

Toxins 0

Toxic 0

Hazardous waste 0

And... Marijuana 0

Condoms 0

Vegetarian 0

Organic(s) 0

The legislation is aimed at reassuring us that private industries, especially investment properties of for-profit insurers, are no threat to health. Industrial health harms are off the radar. Nothing to worry about or act on there.

We (the) people are the problem.