A Little Light Reading on a Heavy Problem

Imagine sitting in your living room one

evening, watching your favorite show, or if

you’re really in for the evening, your favorite

line-up of shows. Something doesn’t feel

exactly right, but you can’t put your finger on

what’s off. It takes a little while, but then you

realize it’s NOT the pizza rolls you scorched in

the microwave . . .

You smell smoke!

It’s coming from the basement.

But, your show’s on—the smoke

can probably wait. Right? After all,

it’s just a little smoke, and there’s

nothing down there really but a lot

of old junk.

It doesn’t take long, and the

smoke is burning your eyes. It’s

interfering with your show.

You’re going to have to do

something. Hmm . . .

Wait—there’s a TV upstairs in the

bedroom. You can finish the

show there and the smoke won’t

bother you. You’ll deal with it

later.

Up you go . . .

Now, the first floor is filled with

smoke and it’s making its way up to

the second floor. Are those flames?

It’s starting to heat up. So, now what

are you going to do? What happens

when the fire reaches the second

floor and there’s nowhere left to go?

A short time later . . .

Extreme situation? Sure. Ridiculous? Of course.

But think about it. If you don’t deal with problems when they’re small,

they’re going to get bigger. At the same time they are growing larger, they

grow more difficult to solve, and there’s always the distinct possibility that

you might just run out of good options.

(And bad options are rarely a long-term, viable solution.)

Small problems can become urgent predicaments.

And so, alas, this is where we are with our collective health and

wellness (or lack thereof), a crisis if there ever was one.

That proverbial smoke has been pluming since 1980, when healthcare costs consumed only 7 percent of corporate profits.

Today, healthcare costs are burning through more than 50 percent of profits.

So, where do you go from here?

We’ve been putting out fires like these for more than seven years.

Let us show you what we can do for you and your organization.

Are you feeling the heat? Are you concerned about the health and productivity of your

workforce? Are you ready to explore a really good option?

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