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As time marches on, more information is coming to light on just what is in Obama's HRA. The latest item is an "Obesity Rating" that your healthcare provider will be required to report to the HHS and the CDC. By 2014, your medical records are going to be electronic and since your doctor has your height and weight recorded in your file in his or her office, they are going to be required to calculate your BMI and put this information out in the ether. Of course there will be security measures in place on these electronic records to try to help with privacy, but let's get real. The government now wants to know how fat your are. And if your health care providers and hospitals don't comply, they will risk getting penalized in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Some people may ask, "What's so bad about this?" America is an obese nation. Maybe this will encourage those of us who need to loose weight and take better care of ourselves. I see alot of bad in this.
First, why does the government or any government institution need to know how obese it's constituents are? Answer: Money. It seems those who are obese will and do spend more on health care than those who aren't carrying extra weight. When we all are on Obama's government-run health care system, he doesn't want to waste any funds on 'unnecessary' medicines or procedures that obese people will suck up. Also, what hasn't been stated yet is when this law is fully implemented, employers may use this information with regard to hiring policies. If your obesity rating is high, you may not get hired because of it and if you do have a job, it could become grounds for terminating your employment unless you lower your rating in a given time frame.
Second, this obesity rating uses your BMI to rate your obesity. The problem with using BMI is that there are some people by virtue of their physical size, ethnic background, exercise regimens and genetics will be wrongly labeled obese when they haven't an ounce of fat on them. The CDC claims that a persons BMI is a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people. Example: California's Governor Schwarzeneggar is obese according to his BMI. I doubt that the CDC or anybody including "Mr. Teleprompt-reader" himself is going to tell "The Governator" he's obese.
This is just another attempt at controlling everyone in American and limiting our freedoms, folks. This is one more government intrusion into the private lives of its citizens. The very existence of this law is appalling. Is this what we want for ourselves and our children and grandchildren? An extremely skewed version of democracy that becomes more like a socialist state as time passes? It's time to do something about this Obamacare law before we can't. Write your Congressmen and Senators and demand they sign the discharge petition that Iowa Congressman Steve King is sponsoring and in November vote out anyone who supported this HRA.
