Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Listen up, you overweight couch potatoes who voted for Obama

"Wednesday, the Senate Finance Committee approved a healthcare reform amendment that would penalize employees who are not following “healthy lifestyles” and participating in wellness programs. Employers will be allowed to raise healthcare premiums by as much as 50 percent for workers who are fat, smoke, don’t exercise, are noncompliant with preventive care, and not meeting certain health measures, such as lower cholesterol levels." Read the full story at Sandy's Junkfood Science.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Murray sez:
So much for correcting the discrimination against certain unhealthy individuals that currently exists with our present insurance industry. Each step along the way to formulate this stupid bill it gets stupider.