Here's my story. Been tested twice in last 10 years. both times negative for OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) Last year doc said I made it by 1/10th of a % with my neck size. This year, same doc walked in, first thing out of her mouth was "do you have sleep apnea?" Told her "no I sleep great" Asked her why, since the rule hasn't been finalized, she said " I can pull your card for any reason I want" she asked the nurse why I hadn't been measured Nurse said "He said he doesn't have it" He's obese he has sleep apnea". she measured me, I was .5% over the bmi. but i made the neck measurement by.3234273744cm (random numbers to make a point) So she said If I furnished copies of my sleep studies, she would do some research and consider giving me my card. Long story short, I got my card the day before my old one expired. But wait there's more! another chunky driver at our barn, went to the same clinic, different doc, doc asked him if he had his tonsils and adnoids out."Yup when I was a kid," Oh you don't need the test" So go figure. Every doc has their own criteria. and before I left, she told me I probably don't sleep good and I should "invest" in a sleep test annually just to make sure.
Now when this all started, i went to the BA and asked him the unions position. He said"why should the fund pay for this? this is hollands problem."
his suggestion was to pay for the test and file a grievance and they'd see if they could get it paid for. I know i'm going to get a lot of pipe for this from the too ffin bad for you jack" crowd, and i did hear of one driver grieving it and winning but that was from a breakroom lawyer. so I did go ahead and use my insurance to get tested. Eventually the medical will get all of us for different reasons, and since we can't get disability anymore. I guess we'll bend over and take it.