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I wonder if this could be used by insurance companies to determine premiums?
by kamranjon 1mo ago
I wonder if this could be used by insurance companies to determine premiums?
- tccole 1mo agoWhy must you tempt the insurance companies
- jgalt212 1mo agobecause they ding you for high cholesterol regardless of what every other metric says.
- ryukoposting 1mo agoAnd you think more data is going to stop them from doing that?
- jgalt212 1mo agoI think they will continue to get away with whatever they can get away with. But with more data, it leaves room for new entrants with different risk models to provide alternative plans. In US, term life insurance is so regulated, other than price, one is largely indifferent to the provider.
- arnejenssen 1mo agoGreat idea. I'd be happy to get a discount for my leanness, low RHR (resting heart rate) and daily step counts.
- Jtsummers 1mo agohttps://www.fepblue.org/manage-your-health/incentives-discounts/wellness-incentive-program https://www.fepblue.org/manage-your-health/incentives-discou... Some insurance companies offer something like that. It's not a discount, per se, but it is money that can go towards your medical expenses in exchange for hitting specific incentive goals.
- red-iron-pine 1mo agosilly goose, thinking insurance providers would lower premiums instead of just raising them more for the big 'uns
- netsharc 1mo agoHN headline in 3 months: "I hacked a mouse jiggler to generate fake steps for my pedometer".
- jerlam 1mo agoI have crafted and uploaded CSV files to my company's wellness portal in order to get gift cards. By coincidence, everyone else on my team also had the exact same number of daily steps.