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Originally Posted by xepherys
I think it's a good idea. It's not punitive... it's not like you'll be imprisoned for being fat, or sent to a fat labor camp. I guess it depends on what is meant by "referred to a diet regiment", but it seems reasonable to me.
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The government initiative, which kicked in April 1, requires companies to have workers aged 40 to 74 take up the battle of the bulge by requiring waist measurements at health checkups -- part of the nation's larger efforts to guard against the ballooning costs of medical care, estimated at $285 billion a year.
If companies don't shape up, they will in effect be penalized by the government in five years, by having to shoulder a bigger portion of the annual $95 billion in private-sector payments that feed into a government-run national health care insurance for people 75 and older, under new laws.
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http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...at-waistlines/
That's kinda brilliant, actually.