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Alabama to tax fat employees to recoup insurance costs

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   September 03, 2008

In an effort to combat two of its biggest problems—health insurance costs and obesity—Alabama officials are putting into motion a plan to tax the state's overweight employees as a way to recoup insurance costs. Starting in 2010, employees will be charged $25 a month for health insurance.

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