(the) Health Savings Accounts Blog » group insurance http://www.msainfo.net/health-savings-accounts-blog HSA plans and general healthcare Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:28:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Obesity increases group plan premiums http://www.msainfo.net/health-savings-accounts-blog/obesity-increases-health-plan-costs/ http://www.msainfo.net/health-savings-accounts-blog/obesity-increases-health-plan-costs/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:18:03 +0000 admin http://msainfo.net/health-savings-accounts-blog/?p=8 According to this story in the New York Times, obesity and even moderate overweight conditions led to a 27% increase in group health plan premiums.

Read the story here

COMMENT:
If employers are directly being surcharged for their employee’s health conditions, shouldn’t they have a right to pick and choose employees based on their health status?

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