Today employers are collecting and analyzing the biometrics of their insured employees and offering subsidies or penalties related to health goals they set each year. Your employer gets better rates when the subscriber panel improves their health, so you in turn get incentives and assistance in being healthier. Gym memberships, cooking classes, meditation and all kinds of other optional (for now anyway) tricks to improve your health.

 

The data they collect is owned by the insurance company who underwrites or administers the group's plan.

 

That's today. Your data. Owned by a private corporation and used for whatever they want including resale.

 

Tomorrow, when we have single payer, the government will own that data.

 

As a member of the tax paying public I demand that measures be instituted to insure that my tax dollars are not wasted on the health of those who choose not to take care of themselves. Therefore, in the interest of public health and adequate stewardship of the tax payer's dollar, we must institute mandatory DNA screening for preventable genetic disorders, weekly mandatory weigh ins with appropriate incentives (up to and including incarceration) for maintaining the recommended BMI, immediate legislation to ban guns, cigarettes, alcohol,  the consumption of meat, sweets including chocolate, and to compel participation in daily cardiovascular calisthenics. Its for your own good that you achieve total health my friends.

 

Just remember my words, whoever has a financial interest in your health will eventually have control of your life, because they have their wallet invested in your behavior.

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