Presently I have no health issues so it would not really effect me....but it's kind of a double edged sword.... I can see the privacy issues and I can see the employer needing to know if someone has a pre existing injury... Especially someone with a back issue should not be hired to stock a warehouse or lift furniture .....
If your employer required you to tell them your weight and other health info or pay a fee, what would you do?
03/22/2013
there's no work related need to reveal that information.
I'm not going to share it. I'll find another job.
Although may end up like gas stations. I used to only patronize pay after you pump places. Would even go out of my way to use one. Now they no longer exist around here. I now exclusively use a credit card. Secretly I hope they hate those fees from that.
I'm not going to share it. I'll find another job.
Although may end up like gas stations. I used to only patronize pay after you pump places. Would even go out of my way to use one. Now they no longer exist around here. I now exclusively use a credit card. Secretly I hope they hate those fees from that.
03/22/2013
i may not be perfect but i am not ashamed of my weight/health
03/22/2013
That is an invasion of my privacy and I absolutely would not do it. I think that to base an employer off of that shit is wrong.
03/22/2013
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I'm bitterly disappointed with healthcare "reform", too. I'd hoped it would be modeled after one of the best systems in the world, but instead, they felt compelled to re-invent the wheel. It's basically a big giveaway to private insurance companies, IMO.
Originally posted by
js250
I had to pay a $300 fine on my personal taxes for no health insurance...AND $600 fine on my business#1 taxes for not providing insurance for myself...AND another $1200 on business #2 for not providing insurance for me and my husband!!!! (I had
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I had to pay a $300 fine on my personal taxes for no health insurance...AND $600 fine on my business#1 taxes for not providing insurance for myself...AND another $1200 on business #2 for not providing insurance for me and my husband!!!! (I had cancer-try getting me insurance!!)
YES--the insurance company has the right to a full medical screening via. your EMPLOYER prior to insuring you. They will then opt you out of insurance or may not cover pre-existing conditions. Employers have the right to fire those who do not provide the info--it is *illegal* to not provide insurance.
Your employer has to provide this information. End of story. Or you are unemployed!!! I will not hire anyone due to my lack of being able to pay for insurance...
Thank the government--they did this to the employers!! We as the people allowed this to happen.... less
YES--the insurance company has the right to a full medical screening via. your EMPLOYER prior to insuring you. They will then opt you out of insurance or may not cover pre-existing conditions. Employers have the right to fire those who do not provide the info--it is *illegal* to not provide insurance.
Your employer has to provide this information. End of story. Or you are unemployed!!! I will not hire anyone due to my lack of being able to pay for insurance...
Thank the government--they did this to the employers!! We as the people allowed this to happen.... less
Really — who else benefits? I guess it makes things better for people with pre-existing conditions, and for kids who can stay on their parents' insurance longer, but seems to me, those things could have been handled separately.
I think it SUCKS that small businesses are expected to provide insurance to their employees. Employer coverage has never made sense to me. In my opinion, it would have been much better to create a public insurance system, like in France and Italy (the two best health care systems in the world).
03/22/2013
I'm not sure what I'd do, it would probably depend on the circumstance. I 100% feel that it's an invasion of privacy and none of my employer's business. But on the other hand, I don't know if I would be able to afford to find a new job or even pay a fine. It sucks, but sometimes you have to go along with shitty policies because you don't have any other option.
03/22/2013
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I'm a broke college kid... money is money so I would just do the screening and get it over with.
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/22/2013
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exactly my stance on it.
Originally posted by
Wicked Wahine
I'd begrudgingly give them the info, unless I was able to easily find another job that paid at least the same & had similar benefits, etc.
03/22/2013
My concern would be what they would eventually use the information for. For example, if I disclosed I had a preexisting condition how do I know they wouldn't deny me coverage at some point. There's strict privacy laws that apply to medical records for very good reason.
03/22/2013
I would just give them the info...if it really bugged me I would take a "number 2" on my bosses desk.
03/22/2013
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I'd do the screening and give them the information.
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/22/2013
I think that is ridiculous, but I'd rather give them the information than to pay the penalty fee.
03/22/2013
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I'd do the screening and give them the information.
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/22/2013
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Same here
Originally posted by
Cosmonaut
I would just tell them...
03/23/2013
I'd provide the information, it wouldn't bother me at all.
03/23/2013
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I'm my own employer so I guess I'd just do it.
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/23/2013
Wow, what a horrible invasion of privacy.
03/23/2013
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It's ILLEGAL!
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
If your employer did this, what would you do? less
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/23/2013
Go ahead and tell them. See what happens.
03/23/2013
My job already does this I work for the state they say if you give the information you get a discount but it is basically the same thing they have been doing this for a while
03/23/2013
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uh no it is not illegal.
Originally posted by
PassionateLover2
It's ILLEGAL!
I suspect that it's one of the mandates of ObamaCare.
Remember that the bill had to be passed into law before we could know what was in it... LOL
03/23/2013
i have no problem with it, companies have been doing this for decades.
look up what a HEDIS review is
look up what a HEDIS review is
03/23/2013
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it makes sense to me, I'd give them the information
Originally posted by
spiced
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain ... more
I just read that the drugstore chain CVS is going to start requiring their employees to either submit medical information to them, or pay extra for health insurance: link
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
If your employer did this, what would you do? less
"Under the new policy, nearly 200,000 CVS employees who obtain health insurance through the company will have to report their weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol to WebMD Health Services Group, which provides benefits support to CVS... if workers refuse the screening, they will be forced to pay the $600 annual penalty. The company will collect the fines by tacking on an additional $50 each month to the existing cost of the company’s health insurance program."
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03/23/2013
I would do the test. They are concerned about how much health insurance they need to cover and I think that is reasonable. It is invasive, but that it does make sense.
03/23/2013
I'd do the screening and give them the information.
03/23/2013
I'd seriously find another job.
03/23/2013
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Nah. If you read the article, you'll see that CVS is doing this on their own. They say they're doing it to benefit their employees:
Originally posted by
RonLee
uh no it is not illegal.
I suspect that it's one of the mandates of ObamaCare.
Remember that the bill had to be passed into law before we could know what was in it... LOL
I suspect that it's one of the mandates of ObamaCare.
Remember that the bill had to be passed into law before we could know what was in it... LOL
“We want to help our employees to be as healthy as they can be, which is why we decided to implement this plan,” company spokesman Michael DeAngelis told the Daily News.
DeAngelis claimed that while insurers and WebMD Health Services would have access to the sensitive information, the company, due to privacy laws, never would.
“To encourage a higher level of participation in our wellness review, we reviewed best practices and determined that an additional cost for those who do not complete the review was the most effective way to incent our colleagues to improve their health care and manage health costs,” he added.
Is it legal? I have no clue. I think it WILL end up in court.
03/23/2013
I'd look elsewhere. Once you start agreeing that some things are ok, you start getting backed into a corner and soon more and more things that you had a problem with are suddenly mandatory. So I'd say no on principle.
03/23/2013
I think it's funny the Government doesn't want fat people (because "it's unhealthy") YET they still sell tobacco...funny...
03/23/2013
It would really depend on the situation. If there was no reason to be asking such personal information I would keep walking.
03/24/2013