The Senate Healthcare Reform Bill has created tremendous controversy because under current law employers can discount premiums up to 20% for healthy employees. The Senate Healthcare Reform bill will increase that percentage to 30%. The Senate Healthcare Reform also lets cabinet officials increase it to as high as 50%! Not only does this apply for employer groups, but the Senate Bill would also create a 10 state pilot project to test incentives who have individual health insurance not through an employer.
“This means that individuals can be penalized for their genetic make-up or other factors they cannot readily control,” said Sue Nelson, a vice-president at the American Heart Association.
What are your thoughts?
Anna Konger
Corporate Health and Wellness Association, Assistant Editor of Corporate Wellness Magazine
www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com
www.healthandwellnessassociation.com
The Corporate Wellness Conference would like to announce the Lorenzen Cancer Foundation as a Sponsor of the 1st Corporate Wellness Conference on October 27th and 28th, 2009.
Pancreatica Walks and Runs is an initiative of the non-profit Lorenzen Cancer Foundation dedicated to promoting awareness, increasing education and furthering research aimed at pancreatic cancer. Whether a full marathon or your local 5K, joining them is a great way to get healthy, stay active and have fun – while raising awareness and funds for cancer research. All corporate teams and individuals will receive a personalized fundraising webpage, online training plans and support, a commemorative athletic shirt – and (with reaching your fundraising commitment level) reimbursement of race entry fees, related travel expenses, prizes and more.
The Corporate Wellness Conference, http://www.corporatewellnessconference.com, takes place October 27th and 28th, 2009 in Los Angeles, California and will feature up to 400 high level executives in the corporate wellness area, over 20 sponsors, and over 50 expert speakers. The conference will feature key speakers from Pepsi, Intel, Jack in the Box, Intuit Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Centers for Disease Control, the USDA, the National Institutes of Health and many more employers, and government officials. This will be the first employer focused corporate wellness conference that features private one-on-one networking meetings. Attendees will be able to pre-schedule private one-on-one networking meetings. The Corporate Wellness Conference is the first conference focused on employers and is the official conference of Corporate Wellness Magazine, http://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com, and the Health and Wellness Association, http://www.healthandwellnessassociation.com.