Packing a few extra pounds? Still smoking like a chimney, despite all the evidence it can kill you?
Well, if a new practice an Indiana company is putting in place catches on, one day soon your employer could demand you pay a price for your unhealthy lifestyle.
Like a growing number of companies, Clarian Health Partners has for a number of years had a program that rewards employees for getting healthy. But now, Clarian is telling its workers, it's time to shape up or pay up.
Wondering if anyone else saw this and what your thoughts were? How would you react if the hospital you worked for enforced this policy?
Where I work, we have a health and wellness incentive program where you can lower your premiums by participating in certain programs. However, it is not a punitive program. Therefore, if high cholesterol runs in your family then you are not docked for it on your paycheck.
Also, this seems like a huge invasion of privacy. Health records are supposed to be confidential, so what gives this company the right to conduct its own mandantory health screenings and then use that information to charge you money and dock your pay?
I guess there is a way around anything when you control the almighty dollar
