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Editor's message: health benefits are a common feature of benefits packages, and range from life assurance and private medical insurance through to benefits designed to help employees stay well, such as subsidised gym membership and health screening. The provision of health benefits often forms part of an organisation's absence management programme. A comprehensive range of health benefits can help both to prevent employees taking time off sick, and, where time off is necessary, to reduce this time through fast access to healthcare treatment. This can therefore reduce the often significant cost of sickness absence to the organisation. A strong health benefit offering can also help to demonstrate the organisation's commitment to its people and their wellbeing, thereby aiding recruitment and retention. https://www.facebook.com/HowDoICook https://www.facebook.com/HowDoICook
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Following a healthy, balanced diet helps make sure that our bodies get all the nutrients needed to work well from day to day and can also reduce the risk of diseases like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some types of cancer in the longer term. There is no ‘one size fits all’ healthy diet and it is not just about eating less sugar, salt or saturated fat but also about what we should be eating more of, for example fruit and vegetables and fibre. Everyone is different and the principles of healthy eating can be adapted to suit you.
Quitting smoking reduces the risk of cancer and many other diseases, such as heart disease and copd , caused by smoking. Data from the u. S. National health interview survey show that people who quit smoking, regardless of their age, are less likely to die from smoking-related illness than those who continue to smoke. Smokers who quit before age 40 reduce their chance of dying prematurely from smoking-related diseases by about 90%, and those who quit by age 45-54 reduce their chance of dying prematurely by about two-thirds ( 6 ). Regardless of their age, people who quit smoking have substantial gains in life expectancy, compared with those who continue to smoke.
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Veterans who are not automatically exempt from making copayments for long-term care services (see “ medication copayments ” on page 11) must complete va form 10-10ec, “application for extended care services,” to determine whether they qualify for cost-free services or to what extent they are required to make long- term care copayments. Unlike copayments for other va health care services, which are based on fixed charges, long-term care copayment charges are adjusted based on each veteran’s financial status.