Authorities in New Zealand have told a South African chef he is too fat to be allowed to live in the country.
Immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg (286 pounds), did not have “an acceptable standard of health”.
He now faces expulsion despite shedding 30kg since he moved to the city of Christchurch six years ago.
New Zealand has one of the highest obesity rates in the developed world, with nearly 30% of people overweight.
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Fueled by growth in the large-employer market, overall enrollment in health savings accounts linked to high-deductible health plans leaped nearly 15% to 15.5 million this year, according to an annual census released Wednesday.
In the large-employer market — defined in the survey by Washington-based America’s Health Insurance Plans as employers with at least 51 employees — 9.6 million people were enrolled in HSA-linked plans at the start of the year, a 21.5% increase from 2012.
Enrollment growth in the small-group and individual markets fell, though AHIP said actual enrollment was higher than what was reported because “some responding companies were not able to categorize enrollment by market.”
In the case of the small-group market, reported enrollment fell 13.3% to 2.6 million, down from 3 million in 2012. Reported enrollment in the individual market declined 20% to 2 million, down from 2.5 million in 2012.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the 2014 contribution limits , deductible minimums and out-of-pocket maximums for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs).
