Obamacare requires most insurers to tackle obesity

USA Today | July 4, 2013 | Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY

[Jim Robinson]

USA Today link only http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/04/obesity-disease-insurance-coverage/2447217/

[Jim Robinson]

Oh, yeah. And will someone please point out the clause in the constitution that empowers the federal government to do any of this?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Tackling obese people can hurt them and you.

[tangchung]

Unions will demand more waivers after hearing about this.

[Puppage]

And, while you’re at it......show me where the Executive branch has the power to delay enacting a law (Obamacare) for a year, so the treasonous scum that passed this horror show won’t get slaughtered in the 2014 elections.

[Pining_4_TX]

Ah yes,tyrants always go after the most despised segments of society, don’t they?

So, when are they going to tackle promiscuity, particularly homosexual behavior? Treating AIDS costs a lot.

Oh, and don’t forget old folks. Aging is the #1 risk factor for most diseases. It’s about time we started telling people over the age of 65 or 70 that they have lived long enough. For the health of the state, comrade, the old, the sick, and the disabled will be denied access to care. Well, unless they have political connections, of course.

[Jim Robinson]

Lots of fat-assed liberals aren’t going to like this.

[NoLibZone]

The Obama Department of Health study concluded that 75% of Lesbians are obese.

A rate much higher than the non lesbian population.

This no doubt has been discussed at the closed door meetings the DNC holds with the press.

[NoLibZone]

Also being Black is considered a preexisting condition under Obama care.

They will target high cholesterol levels.

Guess which one race naturally has the highest cholesterol levels?

[Conspiracy Guy]

We must get rid of all sick people. It is sick people that drive up the cost of healthcare. If no one was sick healthcare would be cheap. It’s not frivilous lawsuits or government mandates that drive up cost. It’s sick people. Let’s charge healthy people for heathcare and when they get sick, deny them benefits. That money needs to be spent on abortion and transgender operations, not sick people. /sarc

[Pining_4_TX]

You are learning, Comrade. Perhaps you will qualify for a seat on the death panel.

[jimfree]

A modest proposal.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Nope. Being 59.5 years old, lifelong conservative, veteran, gun owner, that knows how to hunt and fish and how to live off the grid, will disqualify me for any gummit job.

[Ken H]

Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (49.5%) compared with Mexican Americans (40.4%), all Hispanics (39.1%) and non-Hispanic whites (34.3%)

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

[Conspiracy Guy]

I am a modest person. And very demure as well.

[CSM]

Well, the war on tobacco was all just a prelude to this stuff. Many a FReeper celebrated the different victories of the nanny staters against tobacco, now they get to enjoy the fruits of their celebrations.

It won’t stop with tobacco or obesity, it will transition to hate speech causing stress for those offended, in other words no preaching the word of God.

And the average American seals clap in unison.

[CSM]

Good to see you pal, happy Second anniversary of Dependence Day to you.

[Enterprise]

"The Obama Department of Health study concluded that 75% of Lesbians are obese."

There's something fishy about that.

[Enterprise]

Woo hoo! Free liposuction for all!

[CaptainPhilFan]

My dear husband is 5’9” and weighs about 200 pounds.
He’s 54.

He works out daily and has serious muscle mass.

He has a very small gut and no one looking at
him would call him overweight.

That said, he went for a health screening the other
day for our new insurance. By simply dividing his weight
by his height they determined that he is obese.
That formula gives him a BMI of 30.

Point is, a lot of people being called obese by
medical, insurance and government agencies are NOT fat.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hey! I thought Dependence Day started in 2014. Did I miss the memo?