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Old 06-18-2008, 02:55 PM
John Doe John Doe is offline
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
Question. Are they doing the screening to make you more aware of your health problems or are they doing it to deny you insurance or raise your rates? IOW, if I go for that screening, can my rates to up?

They are doing it to collect actuarial data and it is wrong, and should be a violation of HIPPA. The company gets a break on rates by subjecting its employees to the data collection, hence the threat your rates may go up.
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