Comments on: Phoning it in

By: john

john — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:24:48 +0000

Well, better not run that program in Michigan. We have legislation against weight discrimination and targeting overweight people in any fashion (even if for their benefit) may be twisted around to benefit a potential future lawsuit.
Future quote in court, “I mean, they harassed me to sign up for this overweight telephone thing, and then the people kept calling me, making me feel demeaned, it was like paid harassment that my boss outsourced… My boss made me feel ‘fat’ and a second-rate employee despite my good work ethic and result — I mean, I didn’t see any of the skinny people targeted for eating disorders or anything, and Bob, he has a drinking problem and they didn’t make him get help, it’s clearly discrimination!”

By: Randi G

Randi G — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:13:35 +0000

We had a telephonic counseling wellness program for a year, and it proved quite disappointing. Few people participated and even fewer had any results — no one quit smoking or lost any weight. We’d like to have an effective wellness program but haven’t found the right one yet.

By: Beatty

Beatty — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:33:14 +0000

I’d like to know too. We are starting a “Walk Across America” program on Monday. It would be wonderful to offer another service like this as we want to promote Wellness.

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:06:13 +0000

We have this attached to our Health insurance plan. There are incentives the participants can earn in forms of gift cards. The incentives are earned for participating in wellness assessments and the telephonic counseling. Our carrier is United Healthcare. UHC.com Your insurance broker should be able to direct you to the services. So far it is a win-win.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:59:44 +0000

Who are these services? Can you tell us who the legit ones are???