CVS presses workers for medical information

I should have known better than to make a "fat" comment on a journalism board.

 

Beneath the lumpy veneer, fat people are sensitive.

 

It's your attitude of fuck everyone but me since this doesn't directly affect me. People like you destroy America.

 

I know it's sacrilege here in Rhody to criticize CVS, but this is ridiculous. Even the state's top conservative talk radio host thought so, and found himself arguing with shrill harpies claiming CVS is doing the right thing.
I want to ask these harpies: Would you be so rah-rah if a prospective employer demanded to know your weight on a job interview? Or a prospective date?

 

The glucose test is pretty silly to do. It won't tell you much unless it's a few hours after a meal or if it's a fasting test.

As for the screening, are employees instructed to go to a doctor if their numbers are out of whack? I can see the benefit of that. Much cheaper to get treatment early on to try to avert complications down the line.

 

I'm not saying that's not true. But that's not the reason for it.

 

Hey, why care about employees' health when you can just weed out the "losers" ...

 

I don't think this is an issue that's going to cut neatly along Conservative/Liberal lines.

Overweight people of all political stripes are going to be against it, just as all kinds of smokers are usually against anti-smoking laws.

And, I guess the maybe the question isn't so much "fair" as it is "inevitable"?

If you want someone else to pay for your healthcare, they're going to want you to be healthier, or pay more for coverage.

 

What is CVS' reputation in Rhody as a company and as an employer?

 

Large.

 

Tell that to the baseball players whose steroid tests have leaked out.