Fat Tax???
We already have a surcharge for GA State empoloyees for tobacco use. I bet the weight surcharge is soon to come. Hopefully we'll all be at a healthy weight before the change comes to GA. My guess is a lot of insurance companies will start this practice.
I don't agree with this considering you can controll whether you somke, but you may not be able to control being fat. What if you have a medical condition that makes you fat like thyroid problems, genetic disposition, or taking prescribed steriods?
Plus, if they are going to make you pay for being fat, they should also make every resource available to you to combat the weight including surgery!
So, what do you think???
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My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
This reminds me of 1968 when I went to work for the City of Atlanta. I was about 40 lbs. overweight and was given six months to lose it or I would be terminated. I quit rather than be terminated. I then went to Texaco and they made me sign a waiver that said if I died as the result of being overweight the insurance would not cover it. I thought those days were gone!
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I heard on the news last week that the city of Kennesaw is planning on raising the rates for insurance if you are obese. I think they said the rate is double if you are over a certain BMI. The state of Alabama has already put that into place. So I don't see Georgia being too far behind Alabama and South Carolina.
How would they determine how fat is too fat? What if you have a larger frame, or more muscle weight? There must be lawsuits in the works in these states.
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
One of the problems is going to be consistancy across the board.
Here's what Alabama is doing...
As you may have heard, the state of Alabama has announced a controversial new plan to start charging overweight state employees more for health insurance. Here's the deal: Alabama is giving its state employees, all 37,527 of them, one year to get fit. After that, anyone with a BMI over 35 will have to start paying $25 a month for health insurance that they currently get for free.
South Carolina...
COLUMBIA — South Carolina could become the second state in the nation to charge obese public employees more in state health insurance premiums under a bill facing debate today by a legislative committee.
The measure sponsored by Sen. Greg Ryberg, R-Aiken, would tie the surcharge to employees' body mass index, a weight and height measurement. The extra fee would apply if the BMI exceeds 30, the threshold for obesity.
And all this coming from the fattest states in the nation.
**** I AM AN OH SUPPORT GROUP LEADER ****
WHY I CHOSE DS: No dumping. Highest percentage of weight loss, Best long term results, Won't regain weight! Eat normal sized meals, 96% diabeties, 90% high blood pressure, 80% sleep apnea cured. I MY DS!
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there were three other people. ~Orson Wells
