Word: healthsystem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what you need? Punch the button again. Other physicians--about 7,000 in 23 practice groups--also want your business. Some groups offer 24-hour hot lines and evening clinics for two-worker families. Some also trumpet their expertise in treating particular illnesses. "No. 1 in cardiac care," brags HealthSystem Minnesota--plus "96% early detection of breast cancer...above-average five-year prostate cancer survival rates." Some groups ask for $10 a month, in addition to the $70 payment each patient gets from his or her employer; others demand $20, still others $40 (no deductibles though). You pays your money...
Some experts fear the programs have already gone too far. "It goes against the spirit of health promotion, which is a voluntary change in behavior," says Ted Wegleitner of HealthSystem Minnesota, a large health-care provider. If the incentives are too attractive or the punishments too harsh, some people will end up hiding their unhealthy behavior. Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta has a policy by which the company can fire employees hired after 1986 who are caught smoking--whether at work or at home. So far, no one has been fired under the policy. But some people, says an employee...
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