AARP Bulletin Today: "Mark Pauly, a professor of health care management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, thinks trying to pressure insurers to divest their fast-food holdings is a bit naive. 'It may be a nice gesture for insurers to say they're not investing in evil things anymore,' he says, 'but it's hard to imagine that it would have a substantial impact.' A better idea, he says, 'would be for the insurance companies to invest a lot more in fast food, then go to the company's annual meeting and get them to change their policies'" (Sagon, 4/15).

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