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On the recordMarch 25, 2009
The other thing we could consider doing, and I would like to hear your suggestions either now or in writing later, is to reward families or people who purchase health insurance products or insurance companies that offer products to reward people financially for joining the YMCA for exercising.
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Steve Kagen
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Kagen suggests financial rewards for healthy lifestyle choices.

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We can make suggestions about what might be good for people, but we also have the capability and the power to reward people financially for doing the right thing, and punish people financially for not doing the right thing.

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