Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with Fitness Tracking

Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by unclenoriega on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:40AM (#13296221)

I think it makes sense in the US because health insurance is a for-profit business here. It seems odd to criticize an insurance business for giving lower pricing to people who are less likely to use the insurance. I think it's a terrible way to run a healthcare system, but that's a different discussion.

Edit: (RTFA!) So, it's not the insurers, but the people paying for the insurance. One step removed from what I said, but I think the rest still applies.

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Re:Be Healthy or Else: How Corporations Became Obsessed with... by aluhut on Sunday January 01, 2017 @03:25PM (#13297141)

> It seems odd to criticize an insurance business for giving lower pricing to people who are less likely to use the insurance.

It looks naive to assume that, together with the infrastructure costs and the running costs for this system this for-profit business wants to make less money.

What would the selling discussion have looked like? "Hey I have a system here that will make the most credit worthy clients pay less. Interested?"

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