Means: Reorienting US healthcare economic incentives will require a 12-year strategy
Calley Means · The Real Cost of Ultra-Processed Food | Calley Means on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 29:27
Health policy advisor Calley Means discusses the timeline required to fundamentally reform the US food and healthcare systems under the MAHA agenda.
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“I personally think we need to think about it as a 12 year strategy. We're not going to reorient the incentives of the largest industry in America, the fastest growing industry in America, because we're getting sick, the most employed industry in America. We're not going to change those incentives overnight or even in the next four years.”
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