Opinion: Car telematics warns of health-insurance data surveillance
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Sociologists Andréa Becker and Paul Kamuf argue that the telematics model used in auto insurance could become a template for health‑insurance data collection.
They describe how drivers’ minute‑by‑minute behavior is captured by vehicle sensors and fed to insurers, influencing premiums, yet a Maryland Insurance Administration report found no overall savings for policyholders.
The authors warn that applying similar surveillance to human bodies could erode privacy and turn health data into a pricing tool, raising concerns for the future of health insurance.
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Original headline: “Opinion: MAHA and insurance companies both want to treat human bodies like cars”
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