Wellness Programs and Lifestyle Discrimination — The Legal Limits  

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Mello, Michelle M. ; Rosenthal, Meredith B.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 359 no. 02 (Jul. 2008), page 192.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.04 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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"Personal responsibility" has become a recurrent theme in debates about health care financing.1 In addition to asking consumers to make better-informed choices in seeking care, many payers are focusing on individual health behaviors as drivers of health spending. In a recent national poll, 91% of employers believed that they could reduce their health care costs by influencing employees to adopt healthier lifestyles.2 Many health plans and employers now not only provide access to wellness programs but also offer incentives for participation.3 Incentives can be framed as rewards or penalties and may take the form of prizes, cash, or the waiver . . .

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