It's a choice most working Americans eventually will have to make, experts say: Tell your insurance company how much you weigh, and how much fat you're carrying, or pay a lot more for your medical coverage.
"We're going to see this a lot more," Boston lawyer Valerie Samuels said after a Herald story about CVS' new "comply or pay" health screening plan for employees ignited a national debate on the issue yesterday. "In the past three, four, five years, employers have been facing horrible problems with rising health insurance costs, and now we're seeing that they are using a 'stick' approach to health efforts, because the voluntary programs are not making enough of a dent in the premiums."
CVS Caremark Corp., which has 200,000 employees, has told all workers who use the company's health insurance to "voluntarily" report their weight, height, body fat, glucose and lipid levels to CVS' insurer by May 1 — or pay an additional $600 a year for coverage.
The company told workers that the insurer will pass their health statistics on to a third party, which will use the information to try to improve the workers' health by aggregating it, analyzing it and helping the company design wellness programs.
"We want to help our employees to be as healthy as they can be, which is why we decided to implement this plan," CVS spokesman Michael D'Angelis said yesterday.
He said CVS took the approach because it works.
"To encourage a higher level of participation in our wellness review, we reviewed best practices and determined that an additional cost for those who do not complete the review was the most effective way to incent our colleagues to improve their health care and manage health costs," he said in a statement.
Northeast Human Resources Association Executive Director Tracy Burns called CVS' policy a new twist on a long-running practice.
From discounted gym memberships and fresh foods in the cafeteria, "companies have been promoting health and wellness efforts for years," she said. "Typically, we've seen it used more as a 'carrot' than a 'stick,'" Burns said.
D'Angelis also said CVS bosses won't ever find out workers' weight or glucose levels.
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