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Get a Checkup or Lose Your Insurance

One company tries forcing employees to get preventative care

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 8, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

(Newser) – How far can a firm go to improve the health of its employees? AmeriGas Propane's insurance costs were rising, its work force was aging, and its employees weren't getting preventative care. The company began voluntary programs to encourage healthy behavior that didn't work. So AmeriGas...   Read full story »

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