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Originally Posted by AGDee
This one goes even further. It's an employer who is charging employees if they are obese, smokers, diabetic or have high cholesterol or hypertension. Check it out:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/070802/au...&.pf=inusrance
I can understand charging smokers more because there is some life choice there but the others cannot always be controlled... |
So? Even if we accept that they cannot be controlled (which I'm not sure is the case for obesity, and may be arguable for hypertension), these people cost more to insure and miss more time at work on the whole.
This means something has to give, and if they are more expensive to insure, their employer has every right to force them to pay the additional cost.
These people aren't "victims" - this is common sense and sound business.