{"id":12703,"date":"2019-02-22T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12703"},"modified":"2019-02-22T09:32:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:32:56","slug":"u-s-soda-taxes-work-studies-suggest-but-maybe-not-as-well-as-hoped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12703","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Soda Taxes Work, Studies Suggest \u2014 But Maybe Not As Well As Hoped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Dan Charles for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>This week, the governor of Connecticut proposed a statewide tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Several cities have already enacted such soda taxes to raise money and fight obesity. And there&#8217;s new evidence suggesting that these taxes do work \u2014 although sometimes not as well as hoped.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thesalt\/2019\/02\/21\/696709717\/u-s-soda-taxes-work-studies-suggest-but-maybe-not-as-well-as-hoped?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=70159911&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Lw24v89z8gVyB9HnfYdgA90-LODLyLFSJqodlb_gmH8rnn_PYLEikpY3PCI7P0-Ueqr_4tc0d8rujbRAu8ORv2bWHfw&amp;_hsmi=70159911\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Dan Charles for NPR) This week, the governor of Connecticut proposed a statewide tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. Several cities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12704,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12703\/revisions\/12704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}