Companies Tout Worker Health to Save Costs
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Sept. 10, 2004 -- American workers&#39; soaring health care costs could have a one small upside: They seem to be spurring companies to get more serious about worker health in a desperate bid to save money.
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Health-care initiatives will be a big part of the company's future.
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One of New England's top business leaders says companies should contribute more to employees' health insurance than is required by the state's healthcare revamp law.
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A few little changes in behavior can reap big savings.
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Weekly deductions for premiums, higher co-payments and deductibles are all part of the health care package now taking shape for Kroger workers, union officials say.
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WASHINGTON -- Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show.
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The increasing cost of health insurance is putting coverage out of reach for many small to midsize companies and their workers, even though the rise in premiums this year was the lowest increase in eight years.
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Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit &#151; their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
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Using new technology, injured or disabled workers can talk their way to productivity.
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The fall can be an anxious time for employees, as companies hold their annual open enrollment periods and invite workers to choose benefits from a complex range of health insurance, disability coverage, and retirement savings alternatives.
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Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.
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Employees who drag themselves to work while sick - even with a simple cold â-an double their risk of heart disease, new research shows.
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Noting the toll of travel stress, many companies are beginning to recognize the limits of what employees will put up with.
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For many employers, health saving accounts - the newest insurance innovation - is a lot like a swimming pool on summer&#39;s first hot day.
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Union leaders may be thinking about the health system in ways more sophisticated and businesslike than many chief executives.
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To reduce costs, a number of employers are giving away drugs to help workers manage chronic conditions.
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With soaring insurance costs squeezing workers and employers, votersâ choices this November may well be swayed by an issue that has great personal significance to Americans and their pocketbooks: health care.