On prenatal vitamins

It's good to see that doctors now are prescribing pregnant women prenatal vitamins. Years ago it was big news when the FDA finally admitted that a shortage of folic acid could cause birth defects. So in my day job I finally started seeing people tell me they were prescribed folic acid. And people with other conditions are prescribed vitamins, though I think it's a scam that Medicaid pays for expensive versions when the people should go to a health food store and buy cheaper kinds themselves. But they'd rather have the taxpayers buy them expensive vitamins rather than take care of themselves.