FAT people are Discriminated against at prime

IQ requirements would be GREAT , be lots of JOBS available and no one to fill them

 

BWI we are talking about the Airport right ?

 

In answer to the question from ironpony: Swift pays by the mile. I get 92cpm plus fuel surcharge (last week was 26.4cpm) for loaded miles, 81cpm for deadhead.

My total fixed payments add up to $850/wk, but $165 of that will be going away in a couple of months, which will bring my total to $680. While at Prime, my truck payment alone was $790. I know that on average, Prime pays better per mile. But when you remove all of your expenses, I'm putting more money into my pocket. That's my bottom line.

 

I'm fat and I understand the logic here... but if we base health insurance premiums on anticipated cost of health care for the individual, then we'd have to raise the rates for smokers, women of child-bearing age, people with a familial history of diabetes, cancer, Alzheimers, children born with less than 10 APGAR scores, and such.

When I think about these issues, my mind spins. As I said, I'm fat... but does that make me, as a driver (albeit a four-wheeler) any more susceptible to having health issues on the road than my not-obese husband who has smoked cigarettes for 40-plus years? I'm just not sure.

 

Premiums for smokers are higher at some companies. The last factory I was in raised the smokers premiums without raising the non smokers. Also you had to take a complete physical or your premiums were going to go up. They did however offer a wellness program where they would supply you with the nicotine patches, gum etc. free. If you chose to participate in that then you could sign a decleration that you would quit and you could be tested in 6 months and again at a year to see if you had indeed quit. If you did this you got your premiums reduced at that time.

 

Hmm... interesting the variety of views here on this thread.. My experience has been that yes, i'm heavy right now, and that Prime has worked with me with the sleep apnea issues and i'm getting used to using the CPAP every sleep time, and as long as i'm making the effort to comply, the doc in Springfield will not DQ me as long as i pass all the other routine physical tests. I'm more inclined than most to say that the very nature of OTR work leads to a very sedentary lifestyle, which packs weight on me in my mid 40's. We'll see later, but i'm getting the idea that maybe some time away from the biz for a few months and losing that weight will do more for me in the longer term for my overall health than anything i could do on the road. I did this before a few years ago, and it did work, with only economics of the area i called home driving me back to OTR work 3 years ago. Sure, i'd miss the money, but if i'm not living long enough to enjoy it, what's the point?

 

Most people haven't tried to obtain INDIVIDUAL health insurance coverage - I'm not talking about coverage obtained through your employer...

Just try applying for coverage with an individual history of diabetes, cancer, Alzheimers, hypertension (high blood pressure) or any other common disease. Your health insurance premiums will nearly double for any of these conditions. Many of the common conditions that will lead to increased health insurance premiums are related to weight gain - loose weight and they go away.

 

I read you loud and clear, IP. My daughter, who is currently unemployed, is one of the uninsurable. She had neurosurgery (brain surgery) about two years ago, has recurring ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, scoliosis, and degenerative disk disease. While she's overweight now, she wasn't until after the problems developed. She has never smoked and nor consumed alcoholic beverages. (Doesn't like the stuff.)

My guess is that my daughter's problems are genetic. Her aunt -- my husband's sister -- had a stroke (from brain aneurysms) at 29 years old and has had five or six back surgeries as well as surgery to repair a prolapsed bowel. She's disabled from epilipsy resulting from the stroke and two remaining inoperable aneurysms.

Insurance companies won't touch my daughter. Fortunately, she was employed and insured through her employer when she had the neurosurgery and initial bout of ulcerative colitis. Now she shops for doctors based on cost, not proven ability to treat her conditions.

So I understand all too well, IP.

 

It's abundantly clear that you ain't muscular so.....

Try pushing away from the boofay and eating some fruits and vegetables. Losing weight just takes a bit of will power.

 

Just "a bit"?? I beg to differ...