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To: TimF who wrote (12287)	1/11/2006 4:03:51 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) of 89628

OT You're dreaming. Holly and I were just discussing this and the word is STAND BY! Fat? Your incidence of numerous diseases, including diabetes and all its complications, is significantly higher among the obese. This may not increase an employee's health cost, but it does increase the employer's cost. This gives the employer reason to discriminate against the obese. An argument that obesity does not affect the non-obese is absurd if it drives up their health care costs or lowers their wages because the employer assumes the increased cost. The same argument that was used against 2nd-hand smoke applies with even more force here. From CNBC earlier: Maryland is considering a bill to force WMT to force WMT to offer health insurance to all employees. WMT says it will challenge the law. HERE WE GO! npr.org washingtonpost.com wakeupwalmart.com About 10% -15% of obese will develop diabetes among the young. 72.14.203.104. dpa.ca.gov (same article) Note that incidence increases sharply with age. Also, obese blacks and hispanics are far more likely to develop it than obese whites- -a reason health insurance costs can be used as an excuse for racial discrimination. You can argue Libertaria all you want. The real world is marching by. Note: The above should be taken as an analysis, not that I approve of the implied changes.

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