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Old 04-11-2013, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Carla B View Post
Obviously, company-sponsored health insurance is changing for employees. My daugther's large employer offers a monetary incentive. They will deposit money in the employees' HSA if the employee can meet all of the following markers: nonsmoker, blood pressure in normal range, cholesterol under 200, and BMI under a certain number (I forget the number).

She missed the BMI number. Her weight vs. height was off by a pound. She was classified as overweight, even though she wears a size 4 pants! Therefore, the BMI must not take bone structure into consideration.
So in other words, anorexic celebrity super-models will be rewarded with lower premium portion amounts charged to them, because of their "healthy lifestyle".