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Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by emodendroket on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:25PM (#11565757)
Does your car insurance company require you to install a GPS tracker in your car so they can keep track of everywhere you go? Because that would be much more analogous to what the parent describes.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by mikecb on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:28PM (#11565783)
No, but many of them give you a discount for installing an accelerometer/gps speed sensor.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by theforceawakens on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:37PM (#11565839)
Aren't auto insurance (your choice of provider) and employer provided health insurance (no choice) tangential things?
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by mikecb on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:10PM (#11566101)
Are they?

Edit: Even if you decide not to opt-out of employer provided coverage, you don't have to participate in the wellness program, just as you don't have to participate in the gps tracking.

Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by emodendroket on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:52PM (#11566389)
Personally my concern (with both things) is that they are going to normalize it so that it's first an option with an incentive, then it's the default and you have to opt out and pay some sort of penalty for doing so, and then before you know it there is no choice at all.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by superuser2 on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:18PM (#11566158)
Insurers these days offer a discount for safe driving based on a device in the OBD-II port, yes. There are also some nontraditional insurance companies that charge per mile based on such a device.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by emodendroket on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:51PM (#11566376)
Some offer them; I do not choose to use one.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by superuser2 on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:52PM (#11566383)
Just as you can choose not to participate in a wellness program.
Re:Ask HN: Do wellness incentives help employers save money ... by emodendroket on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:59PM (#11566453)
My employer isn't trying to cram the GPS system down my throat