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Filed under: Fitness, General Health, Health in the Media, HealthWatch

Maybe this is a sign of insurance companies finally starting to come around. Quite honestly, it never really made much sense to me that health care companies will fight you tooth and nail to cover smaller procedures, yet coverage is provided for more severe and complicated surgeries (in many cases, anyway).

But, considering that the far more expensive major surgery could have been avoided in the first place if the smaller and less costly procedures were covered (and therefore taken care of by patients), it seems to only make sense that insurance companies are now beginning to reward healthy lifestyles.

In an article written in in the Los Angeles Times, several businesses were highlighted that are receiving extra "benefits" from their health insurance provider. In addition to their normal insurance coverage, companies such as Ottawa Dental Laboratory employees receive "bucks" -- a point accumulation system wherein said points can be redeemed by employees for merchandise -- for getting in shape, lowering their cholesterol, smoking cessation, or controlling their chronic conditions such as diabetes.

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