10-12-2017, 03:33 PM
(10-12-2017, 12:37 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Dont employers end up paying more for obese workers?
Interesting question. The answer is yes or no depending upon who you ask. Corporate wellness programs are a $6 billion dollar industry. Independent research has shown these wellness programs don't improve health, outcomes, or reduce the cost of healthcare. What they do is allow the employer to shift the cost from the employer to the employee further eroding their wages and benefits. So the corporations making money from these scams will cite small or poorly constructed studies that do show they work (an individual tree) while ignoring the overall body of evidence (the forest). Supplement companies do the same thing, but on a smaller scale. It's your basic rich guy gets richer, poor guy gets poorer scam.
