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Wellness Incentives Under Fire

Even the widely lauded goal of improving employee wellness faces obstacles to being included in healthcare reform.

Employers are urging the Senate to keep a controversial amendment in a leading healthcare reform bill that gives them more leeway to reward workers' healthy behaviors. But groups representing people with chronic diseases are urging lawmakers to jettison it.Dubbed the “Safeway amendment” after the grocery chain's pioneering employee wellness programs, the amendment would allow employers to provide more financial incentives to workers to lose weight, quit smoking and get preventive care.

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posted by Mike @ 7:04 AM