How employees view health care is examined in a new survey conducted by the National Business Group and Hewitt. These insights are important for employers to understand as they assess their present and upcoming health care plans. Help for prescription drugs is high on the list. 

 

Employees may how to get healthy, however a lot aren’t taking action. Seventy two percent of the employees surveyed feel that receiving regular preventive care will result in good health. Another 84% think that making good decisions in their daily life will lead to overall good health. 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 exercising on a regular basis. To assist with the high prices of medicines, most employees surveyed rated prescription program assistance pretty high. 

 

Involvement in health programs is low, but satisfaction is high. Employees and dependents say they know what actions they need to take to get and stay healthy, but involvement in many employer-provided health improvement programs is not as high as employers would like. Biometric screenings are the most popular programs with online health information tools and health risk questionnaires following closely. The least popular programs were stress management programs and employee assistance programs. For workers that had dependent coverage, a prescription program was the number one satisfying benefit.

 

Financial motivation is a strong factor in participation but non monetary, internal motivators can be just as effective. Many businesses presume that offering cash incentives in exchange for involvement will generate the best results and incent employees to participate in health care programs. Nearly half would complete a health-risk questionnaire (HRQ) without any incentive because it is “the right thing to do”. About 30% of the individuals would complete a survey if there was a penalty for not doing so and an additional 30% would do it if there was a monetary 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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