09-02-2008, 04:05 PM
"Beginning in 2010, Alabama, which has the second highest obesity rate in the country, will start charging all of its employees an extra $25 per month for health insurance. (Currently, single workers pay nothing; family plans cost $180 a month.)
But there's a way to avoid the fee: Get a check-up at an in-office "wellness center," where nurses will check for diabetes and hypertension and measure blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose levels and Body Mass Index (BMI)....Alabama is using a BMI threshold of 35...to determine who doesn't have to pay the automatic $25 deduction."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_...laces.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414861,00.html
Some thresholds for various heights:
5': 179 lbs
5'5": 210.5 lbs
5'10": 244 lbs
6': 258 lbs
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
I'd hope they would take muscle mass vs. body fat into account when doing this. There may be some bodybuilders amongst the state employee population.
But there's a way to avoid the fee: Get a check-up at an in-office "wellness center," where nurses will check for diabetes and hypertension and measure blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose levels and Body Mass Index (BMI)....Alabama is using a BMI threshold of 35...to determine who doesn't have to pay the automatic $25 deduction."
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_...laces.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414861,00.html
Some thresholds for various heights:
5': 179 lbs
5'5": 210.5 lbs
5'10": 244 lbs
6': 258 lbs
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
I'd hope they would take muscle mass vs. body fat into account when doing this. There may be some bodybuilders amongst the state employee population.