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

 

Yes, that is my understanding.
I suppose it's not technically "required." One could opt out of submitting the data. As I understand it, that would result in zero "Delta Dollars" into the HRA.

Sending personal health data to Delta is also required to partially offset increases in the HSA's out-of-pocket costs this year.

 

Its seems doing what we had to do last year still gets us the $300. That was the physical the enrolment on website, and being a non-smoker. The new stuff is worth $250, but you can still get $200 by: "even if one or more of your biometrics (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) are not within the healthy ranges, you will have the opportunity to earn the entire $200 in delta Health Rewards dollars related to those biometrics by completing One delta Health direct online or telephonic wellness course."

Looks like I'm going to be taking a much closer look at the DPMP. That HSA change in coinsurance from 90/10 to 80/20 is a big kick in the balls as well. Didn't it change in 2013 from 100 to 90/10?

 

wait til they test for testicular fortitude and track that.

 

Yep.

filler

 

I loved Mr Mann's comment about "owning all the margins". With the international growth we are about to see in SEA, and the tiny little fact that AK only flies 737s... I think he has quite a mountain to climb in that regard...


could be wrong though. AMR could make a play for SEA... Of course I really don't think Mr Anderson is interested in a menage-a-trois with AK and AMR either. Methinks Mr Tilden has some decisions to make.

 

Delta is ' self insured'. UHC just administers the plan. There is no way in he++ I'm selling my personal health info to them for a couple of sawbucks. Go ask the rampers for data.

 

Any idea how the ACA (hard to even say that with a straight face) is going to impact this data mining? As of now it seems that our input to that is voluntary but from what I understand to be party to the ACA your doctor has to turn over your health information. Any thoughts on this?

 

Those RJ 900s sure are coming in handy in SEA. When was the last pilot awarded an AE there? Saves DL the hassle and expense of opening a narrowbody category.... Also... Ever notice all the offline DHs on connection carriers? Sure cuts down on the credit time on those Asia trips when they can show you done in base the same day as you flew to a non domicile like PDX. So many hidden concessions... Afraid to ask what we're giving away in 2015... Is it too early to vote 'no'?

 

So you think we could just start flying 757s in and out of SEA and all those passengers that are now flying AK would jump with joy and come over and fly DAL? Or maybe we culd buy some 747-800s to fly the hub turns... yeah, that'll be the death knell for AK for sure.

And you can vote no if it makes you feel better. Keep in mind that that kind of ignorance of the real issues got us the present head of the federal government.