Insurers, employers, and government considering plans to encourage fitness
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Wed, 07/23/2003 - 3:13am
A Reuters article reports on a speech by U.S Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson Monday:
Does anyone see a contradiction here?
Insurance companies should give discounts to customers who lose weight and exercise every day and the U.S. government plans to help them do it, [said Thomspon] . . . .Meanwhile, a few members of the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to slash funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects in the new Federal Transportation Bill.
More than 65 percent of Americans are either overweight or obese. Thompson said children as young as 8 are suffering from type-II diabetes, which is linked with obesity, poor eating habits and a lack of exercise.
A third of all cancers can be linked to a lack of exercise and unhealthy eating habits, Thompson said, as can heart disease.
Thompson said he would like to see insurers, and employers who pay for health insurance, pass the costs back to those who are insured, to give them incentives to lose weight, exercise and stop smoking.
Does anyone see a contradiction here?
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