One Way to Lower Health Costs: Pay People to Be Healthy

When employers want their employees to live healthier lifestyles -- to lose weight, stop smoking and exercise regularly -- nothing works like cash, according to research led by Wharton faculty. While some may wince at the notion of paying people to do the right thing, the research found that the incentives cost less than the diseases they prevent.

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[microbio]

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[VedicIntelligentsia]

Pay people to be healthy???

Absurd!

[shakaama]

this was done in inner cities as an incentive to get kids to study. there's a gentleman who has an all black boy school who does just this for his entire school. he says he is very successful. he's so successful, the kids are nearly all going to college and doing well.

health prevention has been promoted by several medical organization, pharmaceuticals and others have come against them. PPO's were originally designed for preventtive medicine to cut costs.

[therealcaptobvious]

5 stars, favorited.

tax breaks for doing healthy things?

5% for doing yoga, 10% for healthy eating and 25% for running 30 miles a week.