Posted on 08/05/2015 5:23:51 PM PDT by george76
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's signature wellness initiative may be just a 90-pound weakling, Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson is suggesting.
In a report issued today,E the city's watchdog said there are "serious questions" about whether the much-promoted program, which aims to get city workers to shape up or pay more, actually has accomplished much except to spend money.
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despite a 19 percent decrease in its workforce between 2004 and 2013 (41,550 to 33,554 full-time equivalents), the city incurred a 43 percent increase in health care costs."
The city's current $24 million contract with American Healthways Services,E a Tennessee firm that runs the program, is due to expire at the end of the year. The company had received just under $10.5 million from the city through 2014.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagobusiness.com ...
It’s probably going back to Emmanuel somehow.
“... the city incurred a 43 percent increase in health care costs....”
It accomplished exactly what it was supposed to: create a smoke screen and funnel billions to the Chicago political mob.
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