According to a Wall Street Journal/ Harris Interactive Health-Care Poll conducted in the fall of 2006, the first year of the Medicare Part D drug benefit has been highly
successful among seniors.

Population aging; the availability of new treatments and technologies; lifestyle issues such as increased obesity; more intensive diagnostic testing; and defensive medicine due to liability concerns are major factors driving drug utilization growth.

The economic burden of employee absenteeism has been well documented.However,emerging information regarding loss of productivity by an on-the-job employee with an unmanaged illness may be five times more costly for American employers than employee absenteeism.

A Virginia based publishing services company generated significant savings on health care costs by requiring its employees to take health risk assessments and screening for high blood pressure and cholesterol.

Being overweight, obese or physically inactive are strongly associated with a variety of chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, depression and cancer.