[quote=spdrun]Hopefully that idea will go over like a lead balloon — can you see the negative aspects of having one’s eating habits tied to an online account with one’s real name? Bet the newly deregulated hellth in$urance piggies will just lurrrrrve this.
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As someone who eats healthy I’d gladly let my health carrier see my grocery receipts in exchange for no more waiting in checkout lines. And wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to put up with a total stranger, who is your cashier, trying to make a “personal connection” as their marketing dept has trained them to do?
And what about the positive aspects of having one’s eating habits tied to an online account? If my health insurance took into account my eating habits, my exercise habits, my weight and cholesterol, my sleeping habits and my general lifestyle I bet my health insurance would drop in half. But no, I gotta be lumped in with a pool of people who eat like crap, never exercise, and in general don’t take care of themselves.
