This could stand to become a trend with health insurance and not a bad one overall. There are also clauses to where you could get paid back if you in 
turn reduce your BMI. One other source stated the waistline should also be measured and combine the 2 numbers for a more accurate picture. BD
Since we are on the subject, need a quick check? Check it out and see where you are. BD
Depending on where you work, your weight could be an important preexisting condition that determines how much you'll have to kick in for health coverage.
NPR's Morning Edition reported Tuesday about grocery chain Safeway charging employees about $318 more a year for health coverage if their BMI scores are above 30. Alabama has already adopted a similar approach for state employees, where workers with BMIs of 35 or more face surcharges of $25 per month. North Carolina is headed down the same road.
A better way to measure health risk? Zied says try measuring waist circumference, as a high level of body fat in the abdomen is a greater indicator of health risk than fat stored in the hips or thighs. "The two measurements together can paint a more accurate, reflective picture," she said.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/10/as_bmi_goes_so_goes_your_insur.html
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