"Don’t cheer when you hear that health care cost increases are expected to ease slightly for employers in 2009. This is not a sign that medical costs are beginning to stabilize. Rather, it means that businesses are moving aggressively to shift the burden to their employees."It is too bad that businesses will not pass more of the costs onto workers.
Instead they will continue to waste money:
"Businesses also say they intend to improve their health and wellness programs so that their employees don’t stay sick as long and — in the best-case situation — don’t become sick in the first place."Almost all wellness programs are primarily weight loss programs (there is some substance abuse stuff, too, but they are mostly weight loss programs)
It is virtually impossible for wellness programs to work since they, like every other form of expert diet advice, are based on false assumptions.
If you want a wellness program that has a prayer of working for you and your company, gimme a call.
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