Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
I believe the change in this year's Gold plan is that Delta's portion of the HRA dollars are no longer automatically funded. They are contingent on you and your wife meeting certain health parameters, and submitting them to Delta: BMI, blood sugar level, BP, etc.
How Delta will safeguard and apply this information is unknown. It's not a stretch to infer that it will become a part of Delta's "big data" on each of us, included in our files about how many times we've used the commuter policy, neglected gatehouse PAs, sick calls(!), etc.
IMO, this new requirement presents some troubling privacy issues--especially for our spouses.
Last year that information was "optional but highly recommend." Has it changed this year to being required? I also have a hard time with the privacy issues this might bring up. Never mind I just looked it up. This is a bad precedent I think.
Taken from the Benefits enrolment Magazine.
new!
4 Complete a biometric screening (onsite work locations with uHC
Professionals or as part of your annual physical exam)
$50
a: If, based on your biometric screening, your Body Mass Index
(BMI) is between 18.5 – 29.9.
$50
b: If, based on your biometric screening, your LdL cholesterol is
less than 130
$50
c: If, based on your biometric screening, your Fasting Blood sugar
(FBs) is less than 100 or your a1c biometric is less than 5.7%
$50
d: If based on your biometric screening, your Blood Pressure is
less than 140/90
$50