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On a personal note... obamacare allows "wellness programs" to make people, well, healthier. These programs must be voluntary. The company I work for started one last year and I declined to participate. Why? Well, because it's voluntary and I didn't feel like volunteering, and because I didn't want my blood being drawn here in Iowa and sent to a lab in Ohio that I know absolutely nothing about. Not a game I want to play.
The guidelines for Wellness Programs under obamacare suggest that non-participants not be punished for, well, you guessed it... non-participation.
There were 6 people other than myself working in my facility who declined to participate. That sent HR and the owner into a tizzy. They knew I wasn't going to cave but they had one final "sit down" with the other people and told them what their rates were going to be if they refused to play along. 5 of them went with the program.
I am the GM of the facility and have 160 employees. I report directly to the owner. My refusal didn't go over very well. I "should have been out on the floor praising the program" and making sure that everyone on our insurance program participated. I didn't do that. My portion of my health insurance premium went from $120 a month for 2012 to $250 a month for 2013. I asked why I was being punished for not wanting my blood to be drawn and sent to Ohio? I was told that being on the program was an incentive to avoid the higher rates. I have a complete physical every year. I have my blood drawn for that. My numbers are good. I don't smoke. Other than being a few pounds overweight, I'm in good health.
Fuck me to tears.
Anyway...
It's gonna suck a whole lot more before it gets better.
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