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January 28, 2010

Rating Whole Foods Employee Health Incentives

Source: ABC News, January 28, 2010 Kevin Volpp of LDI CHI and others were quoted in an ABC News article discussing a new program for Whole Foods employees that offers a larger discount for meeting certain health related benchmarks. Some wonder if the program discriminates against those who are less healthy to begin with .

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