Wellness Programs: The Buzz Of 2011, But Are They Fair?

For instance, Harald Schmidt, a health policy expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, writes that the incentives are not always equitable:

"In principle, I think wellness incentives are a good idea. But it all depends on how they are implemented. If the focus is on just reducing the cost of healthcare rather than improving health, then you may have a problem. The second issue is, we must make sure everybody has a reasonable chance of benefiting from incentive programs. We really have a problem if some find it much harder than others, and especially if we hold people responsible for things that are in fact beyond their control.