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Senate proposals put premium on healthy living
washingtonpost via msnbc ^ | 10/15/09 | David S. Hilzenrath

Posted on 10/16/2009 5:44:08 PM PDT by socialismislost

Get in shape or pay a price. That's a message more Americans could hear if the health care reform bills passed by the Senate Finance and Health committees become law. By more than doubling the maximum rewards and penalties that companies can apply to employees who flunk medical evaluations, the bills could put workers under intense financial pressure to lose weight, stop smoking or even lower their cholesterol.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News
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1 posted on 10/16/2009 5:44:09 PM PDT by socialismislost
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Michele Ma Belle should be in charge of going to the ghettos and whipping the residents into shape. Maybe instituting a rule that mandates no food stamps for those weighing over 200# would get the ball rolling.


2 posted on 10/16/2009 5:47:00 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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"Not for us, of course. We get to keep OUR bad habits,
kickbacks, payoffs, brothels, and waitress sandwiches by force.”

3 posted on 10/16/2009 5:47:15 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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Wait until we are mandated to buy these policies that force people to be perfectly healthy or get penalized. You are gonna see a lot of angry Obama voters, lol.


4 posted on 10/16/2009 5:50:26 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: Diogenesis

Im sure they will have a provision that does not apply to our overlords.


5 posted on 10/16/2009 5:51:04 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: socialismislost

It’s tyranny.


6 posted on 10/16/2009 5:53:51 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
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To: kittymyrib

Like this? http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/316.jpg


7 posted on 10/16/2009 5:56:09 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: socialismislost

Also not mentioned, quit borking each other up the wazo. That’s right, gays will have to stop their DEVIANT lifestyle. If I have to lose 10 pounds, quit drinking, hang up the cigars, and start walking 2 miles a day, then the days of the gay lifestyle are OVER.


8 posted on 10/16/2009 5:57:21 PM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: socialismislost

Jaysus!!the Nanny-Granny State on Steroids!!!!


9 posted on 10/16/2009 5:57:37 PM PDT by mo
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next up, drinkers, cigar smokers, bacon lovers, etc. Im sure there will probably be a mandate that we also buy a certain amount of exercise equipment or a gym membership too. This mandate idea is great./S


10 posted on 10/16/2009 5:58:27 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: DownInFlames

Won’t happen. That will be a protected “lifestyle” choice, Im sure. And I the only one with smoke coming out of my ears? This crap is getting my blood pressure boiling, which Im sure I will be penalized for.


11 posted on 10/16/2009 6:00:49 PM PDT by socialismislost
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Any ANNUAL sanctioned tests/fees mentioned yet? “Official” body test (and fee), Official ideal body test fee, “Official” weight station test (and fee), “Official” vaccination fee, “Official” driver health allowance test/fee, “Official” driver mental health test, “Official” health inspection of living premises (and fee), “Official” gun owner mental test (and fee), “Official” physical health test of gun owner, “Official” inspection of “proper and adequate” clothing (for health of course) etc., etc., etc.,...................................................................................................................................................


12 posted on 10/16/2009 6:51:33 PM PDT by Varsity Flight
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Moon Over Paridor!


13 posted on 10/16/2009 7:10:22 PM PDT by nd2bfree
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To: socialismislost

I didn’t click the link. Is there anything in there about queers and their risky life styles?


14 posted on 10/16/2009 7:26:49 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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Nope.


15 posted on 10/16/2009 10:02:48 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: nd2bfree

?


16 posted on 10/16/2009 10:09:04 PM PDT by socialismislost
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To: socialismislost

What a concept. Risk-based insurance.


17 posted on 10/17/2009 7:23:34 AM PDT by magellan
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"Bills could put workers under pressure to lose weight, stop smoking"

Or WHAT get fined? Taxed literally to death?

18 posted on 10/17/2009 9:37:20 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: socialismislost

Heil 0!


19 posted on 10/17/2009 9:38:31 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Note to the GOP: Do not count your votes until they are cast.)
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To: socialismislost

Gays spend faaaaar more health dollars than any other group - why not a tax on “health clubs”... and “bath houses” and gay nightclubs?


20 posted on 10/17/2009 9:43:17 AM PDT by GOPJ (MSM: ideological flotsam... in the septic tank for the lunatic left.- Breitbart)
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