Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Study Finds

Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by kalensh on Monday September 11, 2023 @04:16PM (#37473035)

My issue is that blood pressure is being used by many corporations/health insurance plans to determine your premiums. So adding yet another layer of nervousness - you will be paying extra money over the course of the next year if your blood pressure is a little high (threshold is 120/80).

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Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by pkaye on Monday September 11, 2023 @05:47PM (#37474170)

In the US, your health or medical history can't affect your health insurance premiums.

https://www.healthcare.gov/how-plans-set-your-premiums

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Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by cogogo on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:15PM (#37474969)

It absolutely can affect your life insurance. Understandably that’s a problem of privilege but it’s a truth.

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Re:Doctors Have Been Measuring Blood Pressure All Wrong, Stu... by pkaye on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @02:26AM (#37477496)

High blood pressure can be quite manageable with medications for most people and one should qualify for life insurance after that.

I know very much about the issue because I had kidney failure due to an autoimmune disease and had to deal with years of dialysis and just recently got a kidney transplant. High blood pressure is a very common issue in kidney failure and even that with the right combination of medications it was mostly manageable.

Its much hard to get life insurance after kidney disease. The best shot is through an employer group life insurance plan. And with my last employer I was able to covert it to an individual plan after I left.

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