aetna to provide apple watch to 50,000 employees, subsidize cost for customers

Insurance company Aetna today announced health initiative centered on iPhone, Apple Watch, and iPad.   Starting this fall during open enrollment season, Aetna will subsidize signficant portion of Apple Watch cost and will offer monthly payroll deductions to cover the remaining cost...   Aetna also plans to provide Apple Watches at no cost to all of its nearly 50,000 employees as part of reimbursement program to encourage them to healthier lives...   We are thrilled that Aetna will be helping their members and employees take greater control of their health using Apple Watch, said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO..   Aetna plans to develop iOS health initiatives with support from Apple, debuting deeply integrated health apps for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch that will be available to all Aetna customers..   According to Aetna, these apps will simplify the healthcare process with features like care management to guide customers through new diagnosis or medication, medication reminders and tools for easy refills, quick contact with doctors, integration with Apple Wallet for paying bills and checking deductibles, and tools to help Aetna members get the most out of their insurance benefits..   And you might think, well I will just leave Aetna and go to another insurance company., only thing is they are all in cahoots so once they know you are at risk with health your records are shared with all insurance companies suddenly you ca not afford insurance anymore anywhere..   And guess what, your employer will have access to your health records and at-risk employees might be laid off for whatever reason because company does not want people that might drop dead or be burden of long term disability leave in the future..   Aetna can spin this all they want, ation to increase profit off of at-risk customers OR cancel at-risk customers that prove to have health stats that might indicate liability to the company when customer might need to use their insurance for health reasons..   Also what happens and then get board because they were not motivated to exerise in the first place $ down rat hole that will be charged to Aetna's customers later on down the road.   Read more