Aetna and their 'health questions'
Jan. 12th, 2007 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hugmeok... so I filled out the little survey with my PPO provider Aetna... wow... I have never filled out such a bad survey... really...
according to the survey my biggest risks are:
Diabetes
heart problems
breast cancer
yes.. I am high risk for breast cancer... I don't get it, they asked if I was male or female TWICE....
Diabetes?!? ok, on ONE question about diabetes I answered that A family member had been diagnosed with it... when he was 75 years old. I have normal blood sugar and have NO other family history of it... so now I am high risk?!?
oh! it gets better... they are telling me there are 4 other types of cancer I am high risk for... none of which I have a family history of nor am even close to having a risk of getting... (like breast cancer)
and still more... it says that I am OVERWEIGHT!! oh no!! and what weight should I be you ask? between 159 and 199 it says...
um... 159? and I would be HEALTHY?!? at 159 you would all be coming to visit me in the hospital unsure if I would survive the night... I would be healthier at 300 than I would be at 159.
By the way, I am very proud to announce that I am down to 211 now and I have worked my ass off for it too (in a literal sense)
yeah, so this is laughable at best, it's pretty obvious that they were paid by a bunch of groups, like the Diabetes association they referred me to, to give a test that would make people think they were unhealthy and pay for these programs.
according to the survey my biggest risks are:
Diabetes
heart problems
breast cancer
yes.. I am high risk for breast cancer... I don't get it, they asked if I was male or female TWICE....
Diabetes?!? ok, on ONE question about diabetes I answered that A family member had been diagnosed with it... when he was 75 years old. I have normal blood sugar and have NO other family history of it... so now I am high risk?!?
oh! it gets better... they are telling me there are 4 other types of cancer I am high risk for... none of which I have a family history of nor am even close to having a risk of getting... (like breast cancer)
and still more... it says that I am OVERWEIGHT!! oh no!! and what weight should I be you ask? between 159 and 199 it says...
um... 159? and I would be HEALTHY?!? at 159 you would all be coming to visit me in the hospital unsure if I would survive the night... I would be healthier at 300 than I would be at 159.
By the way, I am very proud to announce that I am down to 211 now and I have worked my ass off for it too (in a literal sense)
yeah, so this is laughable at best, it's pretty obvious that they were paid by a bunch of groups, like the Diabetes association they referred me to, to give a test that would make people think they were unhealthy and pay for these programs.
