Government Reports

It seems like every time you open a newspaper or magazine, there’s another “government report” staring you in the face, where people with a wall full of degrees and a seemingly unlimited budget get to pontificate on what’s good for all of us. Some of these reports we construe as fact (The Surgeon General’s report on smoking) and some as fiction (WMD’s in Iraq). And, occasionally, a report comes out that is somewhere in the middle.

Such was the case with the RAND Report, where Congress unveiled their “findings” on the question of whether or not wellness programs are doing what they are set out to do; keep employees healthy and at the top of their game at work, resulting in being less prone to go out on Workers’ Compensation.

Here you will find a response by Randy Boss, a Certified Risk Architect at Ottawa Kent in Jenison, MI. As a Risk Architect he designs, builds and implements risk management and insurance plans for middle market companies in the areas of human resources, property/casualty & benefits. He has 35 years experience and has been at Ottawa Kent for 31 years. He is a lead instructor for the Institute of Benefit & Wellness Advisors, training agents how to bring risk management to benefits. You might find what he has to say interesting.  I know I did.