'Hidden nuggets' on work breaks and calorie counts added to health reform legislation

USA Today reports that the health care bills moving through Congress have dozens of "lesser-known provisions" that include ideas that failed to gain traction in the past but are benefiting by hitching their proposal to health care reform. Among the ideas: "Companies with 50 or more employees would have to set aside 'reasonable' break times for nursing mothers and create a private space for breastfeeding." Additionally, midwives would be paid the same as doctors for their services under Medicare, and restaurants — even vending machines — with more than 20 locations would have to post nutritional information (Fritze, 12/9).

KHN related coverage, Seven Things You Didn't Know Were In The Senate Health Bill (Carey, Galewitz and McGinley, 11/30).