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This is true but it’s modeled after behaviors in the big picture - you just described a lot of effort and commitment versus taking a pill, maybe doing therapy /
by 6stringmerc 4y ago
This is true but it’s modeled after behaviors in the big picture - you just described a lot of effort and commitment versus taking a pill, maybe doing therapy / counseling once a week or two, and just living life. I’m getting back into fitness routine and it takes time, effort, and money that typically aren’t subsidized by the corporate gigs I’ve worked.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> you just described a lot of effort and commitment versus taking a pill Funny but I have come to regard the "effort and commitment" as part of the recovery mechanism. Causal or concomitant, I have no idea, let's just say 'linked'. By the same token I have come to regard "convenience" as, if not a great evil, some kind of joker/trickster that lures us down a dark path.
- j-bos 4y agoThis strikes me so much. Exercise is a proven health booster and yet health insurance doesn't cover gym memberships or exercise equipment. Why is that?
- msgilligan 4y agoI’m not in the insurance industry and have no idea what the actual reason is. And I don’t know what the statistics are, but a significant percentage of people with gym memberships rarely go to the gym. I suspect the percentage of people with free (i.e. payed for by insurance) insurance who rarely go would be much higher.
- msgilligan 4y agoFurther thought: Maybe insurance companies could pay, reimburse, or reduce rates for those who can reliably prove they are exercising.
- jan_Inkepa 4y agoMy insurance offers reduction if you pass a basic health check each year. It's kinda nice but also sets up a slightly adversarial relationship with my doctor, which I don't like.
- jlokier 4y agoIdeally the health checks would be done with someone else, to reduce that adversarial conflict of interest problem. Maybe your doctor should even get a small reward each time you pass the basic health check, so that in aggregate they are better aligned with keeping people in shape for those checks.
- heavyset_go 4y agoI've seen plans that subsidize gym memberships.
- michaelmarkell 4y agoTreatments like exercise also have high variance - depending on the circumstance and how diligently you implement it, it may have no effect, a big effect, or even cause injury in the worst case. Insurance likes low variance outcomes because they’re easier to model accurately
- parineum 4y ago>health insurance doesn't cover gym memberships or exercise equipment Because neither of those things are necessary to exercise. I bet if you asked your GP for some body weight exercises you could do at home he'd happily provide some for you and insurance would cover the visit.