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“Physicians are not paid by health insurance companies to treat people with behavior ‘problems.’ They get paid only to treat diseases. So, understanding where their bread is buttered, and by whom, the American Medical Association has now identified obesity as a disease. The Los Angeles Times had spotted the economic nature of the re-definition.  You know what an incurable disease is, don’t you? A permanent stream of income. The patient does not die, so he keeps coming back for ‘treatment.’ Treatment means billable procedures. Think of this as lowering the bar. People who are over a BMI of 30 are now called fat.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/06/19/its-fat-city-for-doctors-youre-sick-fatso-im-billing-your-insurance-company/