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Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class?
An anonymous reader writes "My son brought home an order form from his middle school. Apparently the 7th (his grade) and 8th graders are being asked (required?) to purchase their own straps for the heart monitors they're to wear during gym class. I know nothing yet of the device in question, but have left a voice-mail with the assistant principal asking him to call me so I may ask some questions about the program and the device. My tinfoil-hat concern is that the heart rate data will be tied to each child, then archived and eventually used for/against them down the road when applying for insurance, high-stress jobs, etc. 'I see you had arrhythmia during 7th grade pickle ball? No insurance for you' Has anyone heard of such a program, or had their child(ren) take part in it? Does the device transmit to the laptop the overweight gym teacher will be watching instead of running laps with the kids? Perhaps data is downloaded from the device after the class? Or am I just being paranoid? Thanks for any insight."
Better see a therapist, too.
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Why should an insurance company want to pay for your child's existing illness?
Insurance is to insure you against the risk of an expensive injury or illness. It's not a charity or a health care discount subscription plan. If you already have the illness, it's not a risk any more. It's a certainty. So if you haven't already been paying for insurance, you'll have to pay that bill yourself.
You don't buy auto collision insurance to fix your car after you crash. You don't buy fire insurance after your house starts on fire. It should be pretty clear why not. Why do you think health insurance should be any different? Politics?
ObamaCare is coming, and it will accept anyone without precondition. Watch!
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The other wants to legalize infanticide and encourage voluntary chemical sterilization. That is worse.
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