Originally Posted by GeneralAviation
I'll play devil's advocate, here Skylady. If you're working in the private sector, the day may come when the insurance industry would be thrilled to see what kind of foods you're purchasing at your local supermarket.
The insurance industry would pay big bucks to the supermarket chains for this information, and then either (1) deny you health insurance because you
purchased foods high in fat and/or cholesterol or (2) raise your health insurance premiums dramatically. To my knowledge, this hasn't happened yet, but who knows what the future holds. Mission creep, anyone?
Such concerns are so easily remedied. Assuming any health insurance company even wants to spend the time and money collecting such data (highly doubtful), just pass a law prohibiting the practice. Problem solved.
The inevitable rebuttal is "they'll just be sneaky and violate such a law." No, they won't. It would take an unusual group of actuaries willing to risk prison time so that their employer can add a few pennies to the next quarter's earnings.