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Investment in Worksite Wellness: An Essential and Cost Effective Step
By Jara T. Weiss
More and more organizations are finding that it is possible to significantly reduce
health care costs, and improve employee health and productivity through wellness
and prevention programs.
We are facing a blazing health care crisis that must be extinguished. While it may be difficult to think about investing in new initiatives under current market conditions, the truth is with the high cost of health care, companies can no longer afford to conduct business as usual. Companies must invest more to tame this raging fire that continues to seethe out of control. According to a National Coalition on Health Care report published in September 2008, U.S. health care spending reached 2.4 trillion dollars. Health insurance coverage is the fastest growing distress for employers. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation reports that employer health insurance premiums have increased by 87% since 2000 and by 5% in 2008 - twice the rate of inflation.
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Investment in Worksite Wellness: An Essential and Cost Effective Step
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