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Loading ...The Karma of Health Care and Employee Benefits
Companies are trying to cut costs…the usual. What ever happened to companies trying to supply benefits for their employees?
It seems simple, if you are an employer and want to have an edge on all the other employers out there, offer great benefits. This will not only give you the benefit of attracting employees, but it also gives you a distinct advantage of retaining them.
This article, from the azcentral.com touches on the increasing costs of health care and how employees are having to pay a higher portion of the costs incurred. A section states, “56 percent, plan to trim their health-care tabs next year by requiring that their employees make a larger premium contribution or pay higher deductibles, co-pays or out-of-pocket contributions, according to survey findings from the Mercer Health & Benefits report.“
How can you go about reminding these employers the importance of having an employee who feels valued? If you scratch your employees back (hint…benefits), they will scratch yours (productivity).
Posted November 14th, 2007 by admin - Posted in Benefits, Human Resources | |
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on November 28th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Let’s get real! Karma is right, but really, is it the fault of the employer why healthcare is so high? No, the employer is caught between the two worlds of run away costs of the healthcare industry and their employees that maybe eating one too many Big Macs. Employee health benefits are a money pit to the employer and they should not be expected to bare the brunt of the cost if their employees choose to live an unhealthy lifestyle, which ultimately drives up the cost.
What is an employer to do? They want to provide quality, affordable health care to their employees, but unable to do so by no fault of their own.
The employees should have to burden of higher cost if they are not going to take care of themselves. It is also unfortunate that the employees that do take good care of themselves share in the cost.
I do not forsee any changes to this problem until America looks at what they are consuming and takes responsibility for it and decides to make healthier choices.
I do not know if you have noticed, but even the carriers understand this that is why all the major carriers have launched wellness programs in effort to try to get their members to think about the choices they make when it comes to their health.
on November 28th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food
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