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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Good Lord! I've Made a Mistake!

(No. That's not a cheesy way to invite comments from those who know me well.)

Dear Readers, 

Please accept my heartfelt apology.

Yesterday, I commented that some years ago on March 22nd Patrick Henry proclaimed, "Give me liberty or give me death." I was wrong. He asserted that on March 23, 1775.

Wonder what Patrick would have to say about this?
Starting in 2014, per the dictates of the federal government, your doctor must record your body mass index (BMI), which measures whether you are overweight, each time he or she treats you and turn it over to the government via your electronic health record, which every patient is required to have. Your BMI will then be tracked by the Health and Human Services Department, the agency rolling out ObamaCare, and a bevy of other state and federal agencies. Shock and anger ensued this week as CVS employees learned that if they didn't turn over that information to their insurers, they'd be fined. But CVS is merely rolling out what may become one of the most controversial aspects of ObamaCare a little ahead of schedule.
via Newsalert.

Anyway-- sorry about the mistake. Have a nice day,

Marica

1 comment:

  1. CVS is not the first company doing this... My husbands employer has been doing this for 3 years now...My daughter's company is doing the same...My husbands company had you fill out question after question on our life style and how many times we exercise and the stuff you eat...... If we didn't go through this wellness program we would had to pay $300 each more a year in our premiums... and the BMI that they expect you to be is so far fetched that if you didn't meet that BMI or if you lost 20% of your weight from the year before you didn't have to pay the extra $300 each... They did it differently this year because people stopped filling out the questions because first it is none of their business what we eat and when we exercise.... So people just paid the extra...
    The media is coming down on CVS like this is the first company... not at all.. Most of my friends their companies are doing it if they have Blue Cross Insurance...It's called the Blue Wellness Program...

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