Most employers offer wellness programs simply because they think the benefit is worth the cost.
Yet business leaders continue to ask themselves how to control huge annual increases in health insurance premiums and health care costs. For many companies, medical costs can consume half of corporate profits or more. Some employers look to cost sharing, cost shifting, managed care plans, risk rating, and cash-based rebates or incentives. But these methods merely shift costs. Only worksite health promotion stands out as the long-term answer for keeping employees well in the first place.