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Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS
Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
www.cnsnews.com
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to reporters at HHS headquarters in Washington on July 1, 2010. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)(CNSNews.com) – New federal regulations issued this week stipulate that the electronic health records--that all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year--must record not only the traditional measures of height and weight, but also the Body Mass Index: a measure of obesity.
The obesity-rating regulation states that every American's electronic health record must: “Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and display body mass index (BMI) based on a patient’s height and weight.”
The law also requires that these electronic health records be available--with appropriate security measures--on a national exchange.
The new regulations are one of the first steps towards the government’s goal of universal adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014, as outlined in the 2009 economic stimulus law. Specifically, the regulations issued on Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, define the "meaningful use" of electronic records. Under the stimulus law, health care providers--including doctors and hospitals--must establish "meaningful use" of EHRs by 2014 in order to qualify for federal subsidies. After that, they will be subjected to penalties in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments for not establishing "meaningful use" of EHRs.
Section 3001 of the stimulus law says: "The National Coordinator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the following: (i) The electronic exchange and use of health information and the enterprise integration of such information.‘‘(ii) The utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014."
Under this mandate in the stimulus law, Secretary Sebelius issued a regulation--developed by Dr. Blumenthal--that requires that all EHRs keep track of a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI) score. Body Mass Index is a ratio between a person’s weight and height, and is used to determine whether or not someone is overweight or obese. It is the preferred method of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for measuring obesity.
Michelle Obama has made dealing with the problem of childhood obesity the main theme of her term as First Lady.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. (Photo by Penny Starr/CNSNews.com) According to the CDC, “BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.”
A person’s BMI score is used as a tool to screen for obesity or excessive body fat that could lead to other health problems. While it does not actually measure body fat directly, according to CDC, the BMI scores generally correlate with a person’s body fat percentage.
The new regulations also stipulate that the new electronic records be capable of sending public health data to state and federal health agencies such as HHS and CDC. The CDC, which calls American society “obesogenic” – meaning that American society itself promotes obesity – collects BMI scores from state health agencies every year to monitor obesity nationwide.
“Electronically record, retrieve, and transmit syndrome based public health surveillance information to public health agencies,” the regulations read.
With the spread of electronic health records, the CDC apparently will be able to collect such data more efficiently and with greater accuracy because the electronic record keeping systems can send the data automatically, eliminating the need for government – both state and federal – to keep, send, and process physical records.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69436
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And people wonder why I would throw a block party if AF1 crashes or some natural disaster destroys DC and wipes out every one of these disgusting traitors?
Whatever.
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Under the stimulus law, health care providers--including doctors and hospitals--must establish "meaningful use" of EHRs by 2014 in order to qualify for federal subsidies. After that, they will be subjected to penalties in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments for not establishing "meaningful use" of EHRs.
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Hopefully Obama will start with MoBacca.
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And the libs cried we were paranoid over the salt issue. ::)
The BMI is just a convenience thing for them, the real issue is that are medical records are to be made available on a "secure exchange".
Government securing personal information? hahahahahahaha...cue the tards who believe it...
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What this is going to do is allow the carriers to add surcharges to your premiuims based on the BMI number that the govt is colecting for them.
Skip I'm not kidding, if a natural disaster took out the entire Govt and their families, I'm flying you, GigantorX, Bindare, 240, BF, Billy, McWay, etc out to NYC for a massive party, on my dime.
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What this is going to do is allow the carriers to add surcharges to your premiuims based on the BMI number that the govt is colecting for them.
They can do that now with your health records. Perhaps in the aggregate, by region, for a State carrier I can see your point.
The core issue is privacy. Anybody thinking that a government run, sponsored, or mandated exchange is going to keep your privacy is in for a rude awakening.
Gattaca anyone? .....I know, paranoid.... ::)
Skip I'm not kidding, if a natural disaster took out the entire Govt and their families, I'm flying you, GigantorX, Bindare, 240, BF, Billy, McWay, etc out to NYC for a massive party, on my dime.
Well, as a DOD employee, I'll be dead. But, remember me in effigy at the party!!
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I'm talking about our so called elected mis-representatives.
This is beyond disgusting.
When I sometimes ask myself if I am being toh arsh against this junta in DC, article like this remind me that I am not.
Obama and his fellow communist/progressive travelers could all die tommorow and I honestly would not give a crap for what they are trying to do.
They are trying to make us all slaves, serfs, and servants to the Govt/TBTF complex.
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The idiots who shilled for the Stim Bill forgot this gem, which they ignored.
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‘Exceptions’ in Stimulus Bill Allow Sale of Health Records
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
President Barack Obama visits the press cabin on Air Force One during a flight en route to a town hall style meeting about the economy in Elkhart, Ind., Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
(CNSNews.com) – It could become easier to sell and exchange the health information of Americans under the economic stimulus package that awaits President Barack Obama’s signature Tuesday.
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that passed Congress last week allocates $19 billion to establish centrally linked health data infrastructure to contain the health information of “each American” by 2014 and to set up the new office of the “National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.”
Though the legislation says there is a “prohibition on sale of electronic health records or protected health information,” there are five pages of exceptions to the prohibition that include research, treatment of an individual, or a decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the prohibition. (See Legislation, PDF pages 391-395.)
One exception listed in the legislation is if, “The purpose of the exchange is for public health activities.” Another exception is apparently to ensure the data – if sold – are not for commercial reasons, saying, “The purpose of the exchange is for research and the price charged reflects costs of preparation and transmittal of the data for such purpose.”
Another exception is rather broad saying, “The purpose of the exchange is otherwise determined by the secretary in regulations to be similarly necessary and appropriate” in accordance with the other exceptions.
Further, one of the exceptions seemingly states the government can obtain an individual’s health information for the purpose of protecting an individual’s privacy. It reads: “The purpose of the exchange is for treatment of the individual, subject to any regulation that the secretary may promulgate to prevent protected health information from inappropriate access, use or disclosure.”
The legislation also says that the prohibition will be reviewed after 18 months. The review will further explore whether the government “may further restrict the exception described in paragraph (2)(A) to require that the price charged for the purpose described in such paragraph reflects the cost of preparation and transmittal of the data for such purpose, if the secretary finds that such further restriction will not impede such research or public health activities.”
Some of these exceptions are already in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a law with privacy provisions.
But the exceptions on exchanging or selling information could be more problematic to privacy if health records are digital, said Sue Blevins, president of the Institute for Health Freedom, a group that advocates health privacy issues.
“Digital records without consent is a recipe for invasion of privacy,” Blevins told CNSNews.com Monday. “Consent was gutted with HIPAA, but it is really hard to get out paper records. When they are made electronic, you can share data with a click of a mouse.”
Those who could be able to sell the information would be health care providers, insurance companies and other entities that collect the data.
The Institute for Health Freedom supports digitizing records but wants an opt-out provision for individuals. Further, Blevins said, electronic health information could be stored on cards that patients could take with them from doctor to doctor, rather than establishing a centralized system through the federal government.
“There are some people who have chronic conditions and are tired of sharing that information over and over again, so they would like to have electronic records,” Blevins said. “It should be up to the individual, just like some people want to do online banking, some don’t.”
A statement by the Democratic majority on the Senate Finance Committee says the information will not be used to influence treatment and that “Federal law makes your medical records--whether they’re on paper or in a computer--confidential to you and your health provider.”
President Barack Obama, when touting the overall stimulus bill on Friday, said, “We'll computerize our health care system, at last, to save billions of dollars and countless lives as we reduce medical errors.”
However, some Republicans in Congress have questions about the government gathering the health care information of individuals, and what will be done with that information.
“Making sure that providers can share information on a patient, making sure we can do that effectively and efficiently is a good thing. Having government decide about the course of treatment is not a good thing,” Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) told CNSNews.com.
“It goes right back to the government’s role should be between a patient and a provider. That information needs to be there for the patient and the provider to make decisions about their health care -- not for government to intercede.”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said spending more on health information technology creates jobs, saves money, provides less bureaucracy and will save costs for small businesses.
“If you go to the bank on the way home and take out your ATM card and get $25 out of your account to use this weekend, the transaction costs the bank – in many cases – half a penny. A medical transaction of your records from you doctor in Bethesda to an emergency room in Washington costs $10,” Gibbs said Friday.
“The president believes that by implementing health care technology, we can save billions of dollars in health care costs we see skyrocketing every year, putting more and more business out of business and is blamed repeatedly for patient safety and patient death,” said Gibbs.
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Further, one of the exceptions seemingly states the government can obtain an individual’s health information for the purpose of protecting an individual’s privacy. It reads: “The purpose of the exchange is for treatment of the individual, subject to any regulation that the secretary may promulgate to prevent protected health information from inappropriate access, use or disclosure.”
1984 anyone? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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Let's see if all the cry babies over the Patriot Act have a word to say about this.
When its their guy, they don't give a damn.
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Let's see if all the cry babies over the Patriot Act have a word to say about this.
When its their guy, they don't give a damn.
EXACTLY. I'd love to see all the twits crying about the Patriot Act defend this shit.
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They won't because Dear Leader can do no wrong in their mind.
Skip - do these mindless children in this video remind you of anyone?
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Considering Obesity related illness kills more Americans than terrorists could ever hope, i would think Patriot Act supporters would be in favor of this.
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Considering Obesity related illness kills more Americans than terrorists could ever hope, i would think Patriot Act supporters would be in favor of this.
Are you equating murder by Islamic savages to self inflicted death via lifestyle choices?
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Are you equating murder by Islamic savages to self inflicted death via lifestyle choices?
I am saying from a public health perspective and from a overall impact perspective, Obesity causes more death in this country than terrorist attacks yet you were all for the Patriot Act and wars overseas.
Not monitoring obesity is foolish.
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I am saying from a public health perspective and from a overall impact perspective, Obesity causes more death in this country than terrorist attacks yet you were all for the Patriot Act and wars overseas.
Not monitoring obesity is foolish.
Doesnt privacy and civil rights have any place with you KC?
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Doesnt privacy and civil rights have any place with you KC?
It does, until your disease or disorder costs the tax payer money. Then it becomes an issue of what's best for both you and the tax payer.
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Besides all this does is enable there to be a database of people who are obese. They aren't sharing it on public record they are recording it, just as they do now, except it'll be online and easier to access so if you happen to get hit by a bus on holiday in california, the hospital can look up and see your health records and treat you accordingly.
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Whatif I am willing to pay my way and not cost the taxpayer anything?
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And the libs cried we were paranoid over the salt issue. ::)
The BMI is just a convenience thing for them, the real issue is that are medical records are to be made available on a "secure exchange".
Government securing personal information? hahahahahahaha...cue the tards who believe it...
I didn`t cry. I am pissed about it. Just as I am pissed about morons and their ignorance regarding shitty organic food and the ignorance regarding demonizing fast food. Leave my food alone.
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I am saying from a public health perspective and from a overall impact perspective, Obesity causes more death in this country than terrorist attacks yet you were all for the Patriot Act and wars overseas.
Not monitoring obesity is foolish.
Why should obesity be monitored? Who cares if people choose to be obese.
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Why should obesity be monitored? Who cares if people choose to be obese.
Good to see you back TA.
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Whatif I am willing to pay my way and not cost the taxpayer anything?
Your records will still be available on the database. The whole purpose of it is to ease access for doctors treating new or out of state patients, as well as public health services statistics. If you know what most people are suffering from, you can then direct money towards informing and stopping it.
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If some fatty shows up with rolls over his belt and panting from walking up the stairs, doesnt that speak for itself as to what his issue is?
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Your records will still be available on the database. The whole purpose of it is to ease access for doctors treating new or out of state patients, as well as public health services statistics. If you know what most people are suffering from, you can then direct money towards informing and stopping it.
How does one "suffer" from enjoying food too much? How much money can you possibly waste by just telling people the only solution: Eat Less. Most people suffer from stupidity, its a shame that no amount of money can be directed to cure that problem.
Anyways, Obama and Congress have done NOTHING for the Healthcare system but hand it over to the Insurance Companies Carte Blanche thus furthering the massive waste and fraud that is the Health Care Industrial Complex. Nothing has changed.
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How does one "suffer" from enjoying food too much? How much money can you possibly waste by just telling people the only solution: Eat Less. Most people suffer from stupidity, its a shame that no amount of money can be directed to cure that problem.
Anyways, Obama and Congress have done NOTHING for the Healthcare system but hand it over to the Insurance Companies Carte Blanche thus furthering the massive waste and fraud that is the Health Care Industrial Complex. Nothing has changed.
TA, did you read on Huff post who obama appointed to implement ObamaCare? None other than an Exec from Well point, Liz Fowler.
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K.C. just joined the ranks of Samson Enterprises and other gimmicks/ left wing douchebags that will bend over backwards to justify the most horrendous policy imaginable as long as that policy was created by a fellow left wing douchebag.
My opinion of you just plummeted. Whereas before I might haven taken the time to seriously debate issues with you, I will now only direct personal insults toward you and your family.
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TA, did you read on Huff post who obama appointed to implement ObamaCare? None other than an Exec from Well point, Liz Fowler.
The whole thing was a scam from day one when they wouldn`t even hear from Single Payer advocates or anyone else. This is just a continuation of the old system, the status quo. Its like trying to stop a tank by throwing a slice of bologna at it.
I see no indication that either party will fix this mess ever. 20 to 50 thousand people dying needlessly, Millions going bankrupt, Doctors not getting compensated by Insurance, no choice of medical care unless the Private Insurance thugs tell you who and where you can go and what procedures you can have.........If this is not enough to see a glaring problem, then What the fuck will it take then?
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K.C. just joined the ranks of Samson Enterprises and other gimmicks/ left wing douchebags that will bend over backwards to justify the most horrendous policy imaginable as long as that policy was created by a fellow left wing douchebag.
My opinion of you just plummeted. Whereas before I might haven taken the time to seriously debate issues with you, I will now only direct personal insults toward you and your family.
You`d think it would be relatively easy to know when shit stinks.
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GW - I swear - I would pay a few dollars to get the ability to pen some of the stuff you do. ha ha ha ha.
As for this issue, where does it end? I went to the Trap Range last night, should the govt monitor me because my activities were more likely to result in harm, than say, if i were to sit in starbucks blogging on HP?
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Big Brother at it again.
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K.C. just joined the ranks of Samson Enterprises and other gimmicks/ left wing douchebags that will bend over backwards to justify the most horrendous policy imaginable as long as that policy was created by a fellow left wing douchebag.
My opinion of you just plummeted. Whereas before I might haven taken the time to seriously debate issues with you, I will now only direct personal insults toward you and your family.
hahaha oh no i'm so worried your opinion of me dropped ::)
You are all focusing on a small part of this without seeing the greater good. The availability of records is going to save lives, it's going to help public health see where money and services need to be directed and in the end it's going to save time and money. By focusing on a small issue - the addition of obesity in there, you are missing the whole point of it. Adding in obesity is no different to adding in whether someone is a smoker or has a family history of cancer. It is relevant information for a Dr to use in order to prescribe or treat a patient. If someone was obese it is relevant information. But please by all means lets hamper Dr's from doing their job.
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Fatasses should pay much, much more.
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what a load of shit.
I'd like to see some kind of tax based on body fat %.
it's safe to say, on average, the guy with 10% body fat is going to cost taxpayers a LOT LESS over a lifetime than a guy the same age with 35% body fat.
Something like this would work.
under 10% BF =
10 to 15% BF =
15 to 20% BF =
20 to 28% BF =
29 to 40% BF =
41+ BF% =
Then you adjust it for age, gender, etc.
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Hey KC do you know how dumb the BMI index is?EVERY single guy in the NFL is obese according to it,every guy in MLB is obese according to it.Every guy that lifts weights is obese according to it.Its the single dumbest thing ever invented to measure obesity.Its non sensicle stupidity.
Now a pussy like Barack Obama with his 10 inch arms probably isnt obese,but most would rather die then be built like that pencil necked fag.Just keep this in mind.Ronnie Coleman won the 2003 MR.OLYMPIA weighing 286lbs at 5'9-5'10.According to the BMI he should weight 165Lbs or he is obese.I guess a zero % bodyfat which is what he supposedly measures in a submersion tank makes you obese.Excellent system by a bunch of fools.
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hahaha oh no i'm so worried your opinion of me dropped ::)
You are all focusing on a small part of this without seeing the greater good. The availability of records is going to save lives, it's going to help public health see where money and services need to be directed and in the end it's going to save time and money. By focusing on a small issue - the addition of obesity in there, you are missing the whole point of it. Adding in obesity is no different to adding in whether someone is a smoker or has a family history of cancer. It is relevant information for a Dr to use in order to prescribe or treat a patient. If someone was obese it is relevant information. But please by all means lets hamper Dr's from doing their job.
Why would you need an electronic record to tell if someone is a fat ass? Can`t you do so by just looking at them? Waste of money. I`ll take Pointless Bill Inclusions for 1000 Alex.
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hahaha oh no i'm so worried your opinion of me dropped ::)
You are all focusing on a small part of this without seeing the greater good. The availability of records is going to save lives, it's going to help public health see where money and services need to be directed and in the end it's going to save time and money. By focusing on a small issue - the addition of obesity in there, you are missing the whole point of it. Adding in obesity is no different to adding in whether someone is a smoker or has a family history of cancer. It is relevant information for a Dr to use in order to prescribe or treat a patient. If someone was obese it is relevant information. But please by all means lets hamper Dr's from doing their job.
Greater good? You seem to keep spiraling into Marixism with the end always justifying the means.
Taking your argument to its logical conclusion can only lead to government being able to dictate everything about your health. Most hospitals are subsidized and there is a clear push towards universal coverage. At that point, taxes and healthcare will be inextricably linked.
If Uncle Sam doesn't want you adding salt to your food, they'll be able to stop it. Candy - gone. Cheese might lead to heart disease so we'll ration that. Red meat too!!
And, there's the whole issue of BMI not exactly being a very good indicator of obesity.
Liberals seem more concerned about the rights of Gitmo detainees than they do of their fellow Americans. And I can only imagine the privacy abuses that will come from such an exchange.
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Greater good? You seem to keep spiraling into Marixism with the end always justifying the means.
Taking your argument to its logical conclusion can only lead to government being able to dictate everything about your health. Most hospitals are subsidized and there is a clear push towards universal coverage. At that point, taxes and healthcare will be inextricably linked.
If Uncle Sam doesn't want you adding salt to your food, they'll be able to stop it. Candy - gone. Cheese might lead to heart disease so we'll ration that. Red meat too!!
And, there's the whole issue of BMI not exactly being a very good indicator of obesity.
Liberals seem more concerned about the rights of Gitmo detainees than they do of their fellow Americans. And I can only imagine the privacy abuses that will come from such an exchange.
To be fair, you should stop using the term "Marxism or Marxist". Karl Marx ideally and really wanted to abolish the entire government and basically have a self-rule system somewhat akin to personal anarchy. Its not right to attribute the opposite to him. ;)
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Hey KC do you know how dumb the BMI index is?EVERY single guy in the NFL is obese according to it,every guy in MLB is obese according to it.Every guy that lifts weights is obese according to it.Its the single dumbest thing ever invented to measure obesity.Its non sensicle stupidity.
Now a pussy like Barack Obama with his 10 inch arms probably isnt obese,but most would rather die then be built like that pencil necked fag.Just keep this in mind.Ronnie Coleman won the 2003 MR.OLYMPIA weighing 286lbs at 5'9-5'10.According to the BMI he should weight 165Lbs or he is obese.I guess a zero % bodyfat which is what he supposedly measures in a submersion tank makes you obese.Excellent system by a bunch of fools.
I agree the BMI is stupid for some people. But a majority of people are served by the BMI just fine. Athletes or anyone with substantial muscle mass will of course rate higher than they truly are, but for a majority of Americans the BMI does a good job at identifying what risk category they fall into.
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Perhaps we should all be made to carry an ab thigh pose in our wallets.
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I agree the BMI is stupid for some people. But a majority of people are served by the BMI just fine. Athletes or anyone with substantial muscle mass will of course rate higher than they truly are, but for a majority of Americans the BMI does a good job at identifying what risk category they fall into.
Why would anyone need the BMI to determine if they are a fat ass? Can`t you you feel or see the fat rolls?
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To be fair, you should stop using the term "Marxism or Marxist". Karl Marx ideally and really wanted to abolish the entire government and basically have a self-rule system somewhat akin to personal anarchy. Its not right to attribute the opposite to him. ;)
In it's purest form that's true. However, society has never been and will probably never be so elegant. Close to the mark is about it.
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Why would anyone need the BMI to determine if they are a fat ass? Can`t you you feel or see the fat rolls?
BMI is not about appearance but risk factors. If you score high you statistically speaking have a higher risk factor for obesity related disease.
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BMI is not about appearance but risk factors. If you score high you statistically speaking have a higher risk factor for obesity related disease.
You can easily tell just by looking at someone if they are obese. You don`t have to have your BMI calculated. For instance, most people on this site are obese.
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And how funny is it that an administration led by a smoker wants to dictate health to others?
Liberal - Double - Standards in action................ag ain..............
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You can easily tell just by looking at someone if they are obese. You don`t have to have your BMI calculated. For instance, most people on this site are obese.
But why is it the filthy governments buisiness how much you weigh?This stupid argument that it will cost tax payers is assinine.No f'n tax payer has EVER spent a f'n dime on my health care ever.I have been stretchered out of power meets three times with injuries,I PAID FOR EVERY SINGLE SURGERY AND HOSPITAL TRIP.Not filthy Obama or the dirty government.
LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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But why is it the filthy governments buisiness how much you weigh?This stupid argument that it will cost tax payers is assinine.No f'n tax payer has EVER spent a f'n dime on my health care ever.I have been stretchered out of power meets three times with injuries,I PAID FOR EVERY SINGLE SURGERY AND HOSPITAL TRIP.Not filthy Obama or the dirty government.
LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let Obama start with his fat assed wife with the caliper test for this stupid program.
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But why is it the filthy governments buisiness how much you weigh?This stupid argument that it will cost tax payers is assinine.No f'n tax payer has EVER spent a f'n dime on my health care ever.I have been stretchered out of power meets three times with injuries,I PAID FOR EVERY SINGLE SURGERY AND HOSPITAL TRIP.Not filthy Obama or the dirty government.
LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I`m with you on this Billy and think its a waste of time to denote if someone is a fat ass or not. The majority of people are fat asses so its kind of redundant to tell them what they already know. However, honestly Obama does not give a rats ass if someone is fat or what they are eating. He couldn`t care less who is fat and who is not so I think your anger may be a little misplaced.
Obama loves to smoke, eat good burgers and fries and is not ashamed to do so in public. He personally does not give a fuck I am sure. Obama is stuck with a shitty Congress made up of Shitty Republicans and Shitty ConservaDems and Democrats. There are no Progressives (save for about a few) or True Barry Goldwater Conservatives (I can`t name any) really in congress.
Bottom line is Obama does not give a fuck about fatsos.
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Anyone who argues the costs of treating fatasses and their resulting comorbid conditions isn't passed on to policy holders cannot do basic math.
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Anyone who argues the costs of treating fatasses and their resulting comorbid conditions isn't passed on to policy holders cannot do basic math.
Whats there to fucking treat? You just eat less. That is the ONLY cure and it will work 100 percent of the time.
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Whats there to fucking treat? You just eat less. That is the ONLY cure and it will work 100 percent of the time.
Diabetes is so expensive they're giving away free glucose meters hoping to reduce complications.
Someone unwilling to eat less should at least pay more. :)
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Diabetes is so expensive they're giving away free glucose meters hoping to reduce complications.
Someone unwilling to eat less should at least pay more. :)
I was just referring to Obesity. There are only two cures for it, Die or eat less over time. Its quite simple really and wish there wasn`t so much added confusion to it.
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Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS
Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
www.cnsnews.com
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to reporters at HHS headquarters in Washington on July 1, 2010. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)(CNSNews.com) – New federal regulations issued this week stipulate that the electronic health records--that all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year--must record not only the traditional measures of height and weight, but also the Body Mass Index: a measure of obesity.
The obesity-rating regulation states that every American's electronic health record must: “Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and display body mass index (BMI) based on a patient’s height and weight.”
The law also requires that these electronic health records be available--with appropriate security measures--on a national exchange.
The new regulations are one of the first steps towards the government’s goal of universal adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014, as outlined in the 2009 economic stimulus law. Specifically, the regulations issued on Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, define the "meaningful use" of electronic records. Under the stimulus law, health care providers--including doctors and hospitals--must establish "meaningful use" of EHRs by 2014 in order to qualify for federal subsidies. After that, they will be subjected to penalties in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments for not establishing "meaningful use" of EHRs.
Section 3001 of the stimulus law says: "The National Coordinator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the following: (i) The electronic exchange and use of health information and the enterprise integration of such information.‘‘(ii) The utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014."
Under this mandate in the stimulus law, Secretary Sebelius issued a regulation--developed by Dr. Blumenthal--that requires that all EHRs keep track of a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI) score. Body Mass Index is a ratio between a person’s weight and height, and is used to determine whether or not someone is overweight or obese. It is the preferred method of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for measuring obesity.
Michelle Obama has made dealing with the problem of childhood obesity the main theme of her term as First Lady.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. (Photo by Penny Starr/CNSNews.com) According to the CDC, “BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.”
A person’s BMI score is used as a tool to screen for obesity or excessive body fat that could lead to other health problems. While it does not actually measure body fat directly, according to CDC, the BMI scores generally correlate with a person’s body fat percentage.
The new regulations also stipulate that the new electronic records be capable of sending public health data to state and federal health agencies such as HHS and CDC. The CDC, which calls American society “obesogenic” – meaning that American society itself promotes obesity – collects BMI scores from state health agencies every year to monitor obesity nationwide.
“Electronically record, retrieve, and transmit syndrome based public health surveillance information to public health agencies,” the regulations read.
With the spread of electronic health records, the CDC apparently will be able to collect such data more efficiently and with greater accuracy because the electronic record keeping systems can send the data automatically, eliminating the need for government – both state and federal – to keep, send, and process physical records.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69436
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And people wonder why I would throw a block party if AF1 crashes or some natural disaster destroys DC and wipes out every one of these disgusting traitors?
Whatever.
FAT people disgust me. Fuck them!
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I was just referring to Obesity. There are only two cures for it, Die or eat less over time. Its quite simple really and wish there wasn`t so much added confusion to it.
Death cures most diseases. :)
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Obesity Rating for Every American Must Be Included in Stimulus-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Says HHS
Thursday, July 15, 2010
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer
www.cnsnews.com
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to reporters at HHS headquarters in Washington on July 1, 2010. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)(CNSNews.com) – New federal regulations issued this week stipulate that the electronic health records--that all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 under the terms of the stimulus law that President Barack Obama signed last year--must record not only the traditional measures of height and weight, but also the Body Mass Index: a measure of obesity.
The obesity-rating regulation states that every American's electronic health record must: “Calculate body mass index. Automatically calculate and display body mass index (BMI) based on a patient’s height and weight.”
The law also requires that these electronic health records be available--with appropriate security measures--on a national exchange.
The new regulations are one of the first steps towards the government’s goal of universal adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by 2014, as outlined in the 2009 economic stimulus law. Specifically, the regulations issued on Tuesday by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, define the "meaningful use" of electronic records. Under the stimulus law, health care providers--including doctors and hospitals--must establish "meaningful use" of EHRs by 2014 in order to qualify for federal subsidies. After that, they will be subjected to penalties in the form of diminished Medicare and Medicaid payments for not establishing "meaningful use" of EHRs.
Section 3001 of the stimulus law says: "The National Coordinator shall, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies (including the National Institute of Standards and Technology), update the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (developed as of June 3, 2008) to include specific objectives, milestones, and metrics with respect to the following: (i) The electronic exchange and use of health information and the enterprise integration of such information.‘‘(ii) The utilization of an electronic health record for each person in the United States by 2014."
Under this mandate in the stimulus law, Secretary Sebelius issued a regulation--developed by Dr. Blumenthal--that requires that all EHRs keep track of a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI) score. Body Mass Index is a ratio between a person’s weight and height, and is used to determine whether or not someone is overweight or obese. It is the preferred method of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for measuring obesity.
Michelle Obama has made dealing with the problem of childhood obesity the main theme of her term as First Lady.
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin. (Photo by Penny Starr/CNSNews.com) According to the CDC, “BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.”
A person’s BMI score is used as a tool to screen for obesity or excessive body fat that could lead to other health problems. While it does not actually measure body fat directly, according to CDC, the BMI scores generally correlate with a person’s body fat percentage.
The new regulations also stipulate that the new electronic records be capable of sending public health data to state and federal health agencies such as HHS and CDC. The CDC, which calls American society “obesogenic” – meaning that American society itself promotes obesity – collects BMI scores from state health agencies every year to monitor obesity nationwide.
“Electronically record, retrieve, and transmit syndrome based public health surveillance information to public health agencies,” the regulations read.
With the spread of electronic health records, the CDC apparently will be able to collect such data more efficiently and with greater accuracy because the electronic record keeping systems can send the data automatically, eliminating the need for government – both state and federal – to keep, send, and process physical records.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/69436
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And people wonder why I would throw a block party if AF1 crashes or some natural disaster destroys DC and wipes out every one of these disgusting traitors?
Whatever.
Hey 33's we know you're bald, are you FAT also?
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Hey Mons - are you like your butt boy Blacken who cant discuss a topic on the merits?
Do me a favor, don't resped in any thread of mine unless you want to discuss the topic, fake soldier.
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Hey Mons - are you like your butt boy Blacken who cant discuss a topic on the merits?
Do me a favor, don't resped in any thread of mine unless you want to discuss the topic, fake soldier.
So how FAT and BALD are you 33's?
BTW- is your blowup doll GF out with her folks again? :-* :-* :-*
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What this is going to do is allow the carriers to add surcharges to your premiuims based on the BMI number that the govt is colecting for them.
Skip I'm not kidding, if a natural disaster took out the entire Govt and their families, I'm flying you, GigantorX, Bindare, 240, BF, Billy, McWay, etc out to NYC for a massive party, on my dime.
Whoa whoa whoa... me too! I want in on that party! :)
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IThey are trying to make us all slaves, serfs, and servants to the Govt/TBTF complex.
This is correct.... however, you once again just seem to be blaming Obamination. The repubs are just as bad. The whole system needs to fall apart. It's been a mess since LBJ.
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If some fatty shows up with rolls over his belt and panting from walking up the stairs, doesnt that speak for itself as to what his issue is?
LOL, exactly
Doctors have managed to provide the best healthcare in the world for 100 years here in the US. Somehow I think they'd continue to get by without some bullshit privacy intruding gov't database.
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You are all focusing on a small part of this without seeing the greater good. The availability of records is going to save lives,
The "greater good" would be protecting the rights, the freedoms, the privacy of 300 Million + Americans. Records aren't gonna save shit. Good doctors who have the freedom to make their own decisions will save lives, not ones that have to do what some bullshit gov't computer screen tells them to do.
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what a load of shit.
I'd like to see some kind of tax based on body fat %.
it's safe to say, on average, the guy with 10% body fat is going to cost taxpayers a LOT LESS over a lifetime than a guy the same age with 35% body fat.
Something like this would work.
under 10% BF =
10 to 15% BF =
15 to 20% BF =
20 to 28% BF =
29 to 40% BF =
41+ BF% =
Then you adjust it for age, gender, etc.
Here's a better idea. How 'bout we stop coming up with bullshit taxes for every f'n aspect of our lives? How 'bout we reduce the size of gov't and keep more of our money?
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Greater good? You seem to keep spiraling into Marixism with the end always justifying the means.
Taking your argument to its logical conclusion can only lead to government being able to dictate everything about your health. Most hospitals are subsidized and there is a clear push towards universal coverage. At that point, taxes and healthcare will be inextricably linked.
If Uncle Sam doesn't want you adding salt to your food, they'll be able to stop it. Candy - gone. Cheese might lead to heart disease so we'll ration that. Red meat too!!
And, there's the whole issue of BMI not exactly being a very good indicator of obesity.
Liberals seem more concerned about the rights of Gitmo detainees than they do of their fellow Americans. And I can only imagine the privacy abuses that will come from such an exchange.
Outstanding post.
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True Obamabots like KC, Straw, Benny, Mons and Blaclekn would gladly commit suicide if obama asked them to.