Alabama state workers told they will pay extra in insurance for obesity
Patient Safety Monitor Alert, September 3, 2008
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The Alabama state government has told its employees that anyone with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or is obese will be paying a $25 a month in 2011 if they do not take action to fix their ailments, reports the Wall Street Journal Health Blog. Alabama, which provides health insurance free to its state employees, has found no change in the number of people with these risk factors for 15 years and now wants to influence those people to change their ways.
The state already charges a $24 insurance fee for people who smoke, says the article. Those state employees who demonstrate high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or obesity during a 2010 screening and do not take action to remedy these will be charged the fee come 2011. Note that employees do not actually have to lose weight or lower blood pressure or cholesterol, they have to enroll in certain required programs.
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