Many large employers offer financial incentives to their employees to exercise regularly, improve their diets, lose weight and quit smoking. Health reform proposals would write some of these incentives into law. But some patient advocates say that, depending on how the incentives are structured, they can make coverage more expensive for those who don’t qualify for them. This briefing, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and AARP, discussed prevention models that are working for businesses, and looked at ways to design incentive programs for healthy behaviors.

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Speakers for this session:

The panel is moderated by Ed Howard of the Alliance For Health Reform.

Speakers include:

Karen Pollitz, Georgetown University

Nancy LeaMond, AARP

Nancy Taylor, GreenbergTraurig

Kathleen Buto, Johnson and Johnson

Event Date

Dec 07, 2009