MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama, pushed to second in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat. The state has given its 37,527 employees a year to start getting fit — or they'll pay $25 a month for insurance that otherwise is free. Alabama will be the first state to charge overweight state workers who don't work on slimming down, while a handful of other states reward employees who adopt healthy behaviors. Alabama already charges workers who smoke — and has seen some success in getting them to quit — but now has turned its attention to a problem that plagues many in the Deep South: obesity. STORY
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You know what? Good for them. They should do the same for smokers. No reason taxpayers should be footing the bill for people being irresponsible.
Now the question is, what is obese? But I like the way it's headed. You wanna be fat, you wanna smoke, you should be allowed to do so. But I shouldn't have to pay for you to do it.
And I obviously didn't pay attention to the end of the article, where it says they are already charging the smokers.
I got a little fired up.
Looks like a tasty burger to me - may have to make a trip to 'Bama.
$25 bucks is peanuts - make em pay the whole friggin premium. I would gladly pay that - heck $100, make it $200. That's way, way cheaper than I pay for coverage that covers nothing
When I was a kid, Jackie Gleason was considered really fat. Today, his body is the norm. How did that happen? What happened to change us as a society? I think it relates back to a combination of the welfare society and cheap fast food. Add to that the video games, computers, and television and nobody has a need to move.
That's awesome! Go Alabama! Roll Tide Roll!
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