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August 14, 2009

Single-Payer Advocates Call for Boycott of Whole Foods
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Advocates for universal healthcare are calling for a boycott of the
grocery chain Whole Foods over the views of its CEO, John Mackey. This
week Mackey wrote an editorial in the Wall Street Journal criticizing
President Obama’s plan to create a government-funded public healthcare
option and dismissing the single-payer healthcare system of countries
such as Canada and Britain. Mackey said he doesn’t believe in “an
intrinsic right to health care, food or shelter,” which he said are best
provided through “market exchanges.” On Thursday, the group Single Payer
Action released a letter calling for a boycott of Whole Foods.



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