Apple Offers Free Genetic Testing to Cupertino Employees

This is a good way for Apple to weed out those employees that may become a significant health care cost.

Genetic testing done through an employer?

Ha, ha - no.

Only on MacRumors would Apple hate be such that trying to prevent illness/disease is seen as a bad thing. Yes what a terrible thing that a company would put in place programs to try and prevent employees from incurring significant health care costs in the first place.

Full disclosure: the insurance company I work for has Apple as one of its self insured customers. We have a dedicated team that supports Apple 24/7.

It’s not hate just because you don’t agree with it :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

GATTACA in progress

Only on MacRumors would Apple hate be such that trying to prevent illness/disease is seen as a bad thing. Yes what a terrible thing that a company would put in place programs to try and prevent employees from incurring significant health care costs in the first place.

Full disclosure: the insurance company I work for has Apple as one of its self insured customers. We have a dedicated team that supports Apple 24/7.

Perhaps it's not Apple hate, though.

Humans and worse yet, corporations, have a horrible track record of wielding such power to the ends of which they SAY they're going to use it for.

I would be concerned over this regardless of which company implements it, particularly in a scenario where the individual cannot opt out.

Only on MacRumors would Apple hate be such that trying to prevent illness/disease is seen as a bad thing. Yes what a terrible thing that a company would put in place programs to try and prevent employees from incurring significant health care costs in the first place.

Full disclosure: the insurance company I work for has Apple as one of its self insured customers. We have a dedicated team that supports Apple 24/7.

If this was Apple's real concern, they'd offer reimbursement to the service of an employee's choosing.

Can’t wait for people to complain about this in someway.

And you’re shocked? Soon employers will make this mandatory.

What strange times we live in.
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That information is unlikely to channel back to the employer.

Ok.Sure.

That information is unlikely to channel back to the employer.

No one can know that.

Only on MacRumors would Apple hate be such that trying to prevent illness/disease is seen as a bad thing. Yes what a terrible thing that a company would put in place programs to try and prevent employees from incurring significant health care costs in the first place.

Full disclosure: the insurance company I work for has Apple as one of its self insured customers. We have a dedicated team that supports Apple 24/7.

It isn’t Apple Hate, it is recognition that the corporate state is getting too powerful. the powerful are getting to know too much about the little guy, now even their DNA?
In this particular instance corporations getting to know far too much about their employees, and the risk of consequences down the track. You don’t see it as your company’s business model would benefit from this.

this is a risk because of the way the US does private health insurance. in an ideal world people would be responsible for their own health insurance, and one’s employer would have absolutely no say in it. This would of course suck for insurance providers, but would significantly improve insurance costs via increased competition as they would have to work for each individual’s business, rather than just wine and dine corporate execs. health insurance should not be salary packaged.

And now it seems true private insurance could have the added bonus of another road block to the creation of the a Big Brother State.
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The vitriol around this is ridiculous. Apple is essentially giving you a code to redeem at Color if you want to get some genetic testing done and learn about your likelihood of various diseases / cancers. This is a very nice perk.

Can Apple access the data? Of course not. If you are concerned about Apple accessing this data, then I suspect you're the same type that worries that any company can access the records of any other company. So you're probably avoiding all genetic testing. Apple providing its employees with a code to redeem for Color is similar to providing you healthcare. I am not worried my employer is getting a report from my therapist because I have mental health provisions in my employer provided healthcare.

If you can’t see the downstream risks of this you deserve what will eventually happen to you.

https://www.truevault.com/resources/compliance/how-much-do-hipaa-violations-cost

The cost if they were caught would be bad, not just for them but for the healthcare provider.

Because Corporate America never rolls the dice where serious legal consequences are concerned. It's hard data. No one can know exactly where it is going.