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Taliesihne  Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
They are doing biometric screening at the office today.
Our insurance company hired a third party company to come and take basic health readings on everyone in the building - cholesterol counts, blood sugar, blood pressure, etc. The basic idea being that preventative care is cheaper for everyone - so they are forcing it on us.
Anyone unwilling to submit will pay $20 extra a week for insurance.
I am, of course, not participating. I think it's a terrible way to go about this and I'm done having my privacy invaded by these SOB's.
All the conference rooms in the building right now are packed with medical equipment. It's like a scene outta gattaca. 
(By contrast, the place I am going to work for has a similar program - but they offer employees $100 extra a quarter to participate in it. Participation also nets you some fringe benefits - like subsidizing gym memberships and athletic competitions.)
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Thugoneous Title: Watching Caliente, BRB.
Posts: 1,128
Registered: 2002-11-2 18:00:54
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When you leave can you tell us what Nazi's you work for so when I retire I can avoid working for that company?
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Clackdor  Posts: 163
Registered: 2001-9-21 12:10:52
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
Not sure why you are against this.
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Taliesihne Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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Date Posted:
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
If you look for work in my area, hit me up. If it's my current company, I'll let you know.
Have I also mentioned we have random drug testing that screens for prescription medication? And if 'caught' with legally prescribed medication, you have to put the company in touch with the doctor so they can verify you have a medical condition that warrants being prescribed the meds?
Fwiw, you are being delusional if you think practices like this aren't going to start becoming the norm.
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Taliesihne Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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Date Posted:
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
Clackdor posted:
Not sure why you are against this.
You aren't sure why I would object to being coerced into providing medical data directly to my insurance company and my employer?
Or you aren't sure why I would object to being forced to have my wife come in and provide the same data?
What about kids? That cool too?
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Date Posted:
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An outcome of government interference into the market place.
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Taliesihne Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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Date Posted:
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
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SoBaKi  Posts: 487
Registered: 2002-2-26 09:31:13
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Aerlinthian posted:
An outcome of government interference into the market place.
You're seriously retarded if you don't think that this is a profit/loss issue for an insurance company.
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Clackdor Posts: 163
Registered: 2001-9-21 12:10:52
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
Taliesihne posted:
Clackdor posted:
Not sure why you are against this.
You aren't sure why I would object to being coerced into providing medical data directly to my insurance company and my employer?
Or you aren't sure why I would object to being forced to have my wife come in and provide the same data?
What about kids? That cool too?
Well, you are a Democrat so I thought you were for as much intrusion as possible into our private lives.
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Cawlin Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Biometric Screening - welcome to the future |
SoBaKi posted:
Aerlinthian posted:
An outcome of government interference into the market place.
You're seriously retarded if you don't think that this is a profit/loss issue for an insurance company.
Yeah, insurance companies are clearly hurting... their profit/loss situation is rather dire I'm sure.
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