What's Your "Obesity Rating"

Don't worry, if you don't know it the government will figure it out for you:

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.

Of course, this number will be used to determine what kinds of health care you'll be eligible for - or will be denied - in the future. Too fat and you'll be out of luck for certain procedures because you won't be considered worth saving.