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firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) ([personal profile] firecat) wrote2013-09-18 11:51 am

We won a round on invasive health care programs

Penn State put off for a year the $100 a month punitive fee imposed on employees who don't turn over a whole lot of personal info to WebMD. (I previously blogged about it here.)

http://news.psu.edu/story/288132/2013/09/17/administration/penn-state-suspends-fee-employees-who-dont-take-health-care

The pharmacy CVS instituted a similar program in March and as far as I know that program is still active.
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[personal profile] contrarywise 2013-09-19 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh hooray! And yeah, my boycott of CVS continues.