Word: healthsystem
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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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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