- 2 – Percent of health care budgets large employers in the U.S. dedicate to wellness programs1.
- 21 – Number of wellness programs a typical large employer might offer2.
- <5% – Typical "engagement rate" for a smoking cessation wellness programs3.
- 2.7 – Percent of large employers polled in a May, 2011 survey that said they would seriously consider dropping health benefits in 2014, forcing employees to pursue coverage on their own through the exchanges4.
- 18 – Percent of large employers that said they would seriously consider dropping health coverage as a benefit in 2014 in a survey conducted in June, 20115.
- #1 – Rank employees gave health benefits when asked "what is the most important non-cash benefit you get from your employer?" 6
References
1 Unnamed survey of 121 employers conducted between September 11, 2009 and October 5, 2009 by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health. For details, visit http://www.wbgh.org/pressrelease.cfm?ID=149
2 Ibid.
3 McStravic; The Challenge of Participation in Disease Mangement; Disease Management, Vol 10, No 3; 2007
4 Health Care Reform: What Employers Are Considering -- Survey Results May 2011. Prepared by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans; Available online at http://www.ifebp.org/pdf/research/HealthCareReform_May2010.pdf
5 Employer Health Reform Survey Results, June 2011. Lockton Companies LLC. Available online at http://www.lockton.com/Resource_/PageResource/MKT/Employer%20Health%20Reform%20Survey%20Results%202011--FINAL.pdf
6 Eibner, Hussey, and Girosi, "Effects of the Affordable Care Act," The New England Journal of Medicine; October 7, 2010.
