How employees view health care is looked out in a new survey done by the National Business Group and Hewitt. These insights are important for employers to know as they assess their present and future health care strategies. Help for prescription drugs is high on the list. 

 

A lot of workers are not doing what they have to do to get healthy even though they know better. Most (84%) think making smart choices in every day life leads to good overall health, and approximately three-quarters (72%) believe good health is a result of getting regular preventive care. Only half of the employees think they do a great or good job of eating healthy, while less than half (46%) reported doing a great or good job of working out on a regular basis. To help with the high cost of prescription drugs, most employees surveyed rated prescription program assistance pretty high. 

 

While satisfaction is generally high in health programs, participation is low. Participation in many employer provided health programs isn’t as high as many businesses would like to see, even though workers and their dependents report that they know what they need to do to get and stay healthy. The most popular programs include biometric screenings (61%), followed by online health information tools (53%) and health risk questionnaires (41%). The least popular programs were stress management programs and employee assistance programs. For employees that have dependent coverage, a prescription program was the number one satisfying benefit.

 

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Internal motivators can be just as effective as monetary ones. Frequently, businesses assume that providing monetary incentives for participating in programs will increase participation. Citing that it is “the right thing to do”, close to half of all employees surveyed would complete a health risk questionnaire About 30% of the participants would complete a survey if there was a penalty for not doing so and an additional 30% would do it if there was a financial incentive involved. Further, 44% of workers would participate in a wellness or health improvement program offered by their employer because it’s the right thing to do.







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