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crunch60

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8. My company wanted me to fill out a Employee Health Assessment form. I
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 04:35 AM
Mar 2012

refused and they told me my insurance rate would go up. I told them OK, that I valued my privacy. I also told them that the company did not have "A right to know, or a need to know" my health information. I believe the 200 section of the California Penal Code addresses that privacy issue.
My insurance co pay did go up some, but I believed this was just another data mining company they had hired under false pretenses. Another middleman coming between me and my Dr. Don't let your employer intimidate you into giving them information. They can use that information against you when needed.

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