Federal Department of Weight Watchers

Sarah Palin warned us about "death panels" but did you know that Obamacare will also make heavy-set patients deal with "girth panels"?

If this article is accurate (it was written before last week's Supreme Court decision, which upheld most of Obamacare), then obesity screening and referrals to an intensive weight-loss program will become part of standard patient care under Obamacare.

Well-intentioned as this panel may be--cough cough--it's fair to ask whether it would be effective or just another form of government harassment. As another L.A. Times article tells us, "A federal health advisory panel [which] recommended that all obese adults receive intensive counseling in an effort to rein in a growing health crisis in America ... acknowledged that one problem with its recommendation was that no studies have shown such intensive programs provide long-term health benefits."

Sounds like more "waist-ful" government spending.
(Hat tips: IWF.org and WeeklyStandard.com)