Workplace wellness programs save money, Highmark says

From the PATRIOT-NEWS:

Having to answer questions about their mood, their waist size and their smoking and drinking habits can make people annoyed, if not paranoid.

But Pennsylvania’s biggest health insurer is building the financial case in favor of it…

Highmark found the health care costs of people enrolled in wellness programs rose 31 percent in four years, compared with 46 percent for people not involved in a program. That equaled $336 per study participant through four years, the health insurer said…

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