Quizzify doesn't hurt!

Al Lewis and Vik Khanna have been at the forefront of debunking useless, intrusive, demeaning, and coercive wellness programs that have been codified into law by the Affordable Care Act and that have become the favorite of corporate human resources folks who have to justify higher insurance premiums to their employees and of insurance companies looking for new profit lines.  In this article, for example, they noted:

Now, more than four years into the ACA, we conclude that these programs increase, rather than decrease employer spending on health care with no net health benefit. The programs also cause overutilization of screening and check-ups in generally healthy working age adult populations, put undue stress on employees, and incentivize unhealthy forms of weight-loss.

Not content to merely throw stones, the pair and some friends have started a venture called Quizzify, an on-line service for employers that "teaches your employees to make smarter, better healthcare decisions."  The founders believe that people can learn from playing an engaging and humorous set of quizzes that comprise a bunch of questions about nutrition, life style issues, surgical procedures, and medical care in general.

And they do so in a very unintrusive way:

Al says in a note to me (and now to you!): You can go to app.quizzify.com and where it says "your employer" scroll to "guest."   This is the "Launch Quiz," the non-employer-customized generic version.  Try it out.

I did.  (Don't be put off by this sample.  It is a bit long, with 25 questions.  The ones being offered commercially are more targeted.)

I intentionally answered some questions incorrectly to see what would pop up.  Here's one example in the nutrition category:

And here's one I got right in that category, about one of the world's favorite energy bars:

I could show you more, but it will be more fun if you try it out yourself.  I think you will be surprised with some of the answers.

If I were in the corporate world, I'd seriously consider offering this service to my employees.  The messages learned are much more likely to have a beneficial effect on people's health and on their use of the health care system than a lot of the more invasive programs being forced on employees.

(Note: I have no financial relationship with this venture. And when I play Boggle and Taboo with Al, no money changes hands.)