Know Healthcare 1 - Wellness Programs

Wellness Program: One of the prime ways to keep the healthcare cost low is by helping people stay healthy so that they never visit hospitals. This idea is in line with “Prevention is better than cure”. In US especially, to reduce the health care costs, government is encouraging corporate and other work places to provide an environment where employees can takecare of their health. This includes providing access to simple gym equipments,making “calories aware” food available in cafeteria and vending machines ,encouraging walking programs - like displaying ‘Park in distance, walk tooffice’.’Use Stairs’ sign etc etc. Government rewards such workplaces encouraging such practices and these are called Wellness Programs.