"[In] Canada 'almost two thirds of plan sponsors (those who deliver private health benefit programs) offer at least one wellness program.' However, compared to our employers in the U.S.... Canadian ventures in 'Wellness World' look pretty amateurish.... [W]ellness programs will actually do the exact reverse of what is promised: raise the cost of benefits, squeeze employees' paycheques and send even more employees on the conveyor belt to more screening, more testing and more checkups, resulting in more drugs, more surgeries and more healthcare all round. But it saves the employer money, right? Nope."

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