http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/28/smbusiness/cutting_copays.fsb/index.htm?pos
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A new solution to the obesity crisis?
Employers can now cut insurance co-pays for workers who follow healthier
lifestyles.
By Ian Mount
September 6 2007: 6:37 PM EDT
(FSB Magazine) -- Midwestern hospital operator Clarian Health caused a stir
when it announced that next year employees who smoke will be assessed $5
per paycheck in extra insurance co-payments, and that in 2009 it will
extend the penalty to workers with high cholesterol, blood pressure and
blood glucose; obese employees will be charged $10 extra.
