[nucleardog]

> But from the nation that brought us our greatest human experimentation regimen, hardly surprising.

To assume good faith here I'd have to assume wherever you are you've never donated blood?

When you donate blood you've lost a pint of fluids. They give you something to drink to work on rehydrating.

The sugar in the juice and the sugary snacks are to help give you a bit of energy since... you just lost a pint of blood.

Which is to say this is pretty standard everywhere. It's not payment. The ice pack after my vasectomy wasn't "payment for population control". It's healthcare.