Monday, March 25, 2013

CVS forces workers to reveal private health data

When you see stories like this, you can probably understand why my faith in the system is just about nil. I'm a swell guy, but my patience ended decades ago.

CVS Pharmacy - America's largest drugstore chain - has a new policy that menaces all 200,000 employees. Workers must now submit their private health data such as their body fat level - or pay a $50 fine each month.

There's no way in hell this is legal. Medical data is supposed to be confidential. It's between you and your doctor - not between you and your boss.

I know this is a dumb question, but it must be asked: Do CVS employees have a union? If they had one, they might be able to halt the pharmacy chain's snooping. Without a union, they're probably out of luck.

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