| ▲ | kamranjon 3 days ago |
| I wonder if this could be used by insurance companies to determine premiums? |
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| ▲ | tccole 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Why must you tempt the insurance companies |
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| ▲ | jgalt212 3 days ago | parent [-] | | because they ding you for high cholesterol regardless of what every other metric says. | | |
| ▲ | ryukoposting 3 days ago | parent [-] | | And you think more data is going to stop them from doing that? | | |
| ▲ | jgalt212 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I think they will continue to get away with whatever they can get away with. But with more data, it leaves room for new entrants with different risk models to provide alternative plans. In US, term life insurance is so regulated, other than price, one is largely indifferent to the provider. |
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| ▲ | arnejenssen 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Great idea. I'd be happy to get a discount for my leanness, low RHR (resting heart rate) and daily step counts. |
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| ▲ | Jtsummers 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | https://www.fepblue.org/manage-your-health/incentives-discou... Some insurance companies offer something like that. It's not a discount, per se, but it is money that can go towards your medical expenses in exchange for hitting specific incentive goals. | |
| ▲ | red-iron-pine 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | silly goose, thinking insurance providers would lower premiums instead of just raising them more for the big 'uns | |
| ▲ | netsharc 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | HN headline in 3 months: "I hacked a mouse jiggler to generate fake steps for my pedometer". | | |
| ▲ | jerlam 3 days ago | parent [-] | | I have crafted and uploaded CSV files to my company's wellness portal in order to get gift cards. By coincidence, everyone else on my team also had the exact same number of daily steps. |
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