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Jennifer Benz July 6, 2011 1 min read

Top Tweets of June: On wellness, social media and health care reform

If you’re not obsessive about Twitter like I am, it’s hard to stay up on all the articles and news exchanged among tweeters. That’s why we compile this monthly list of the top tweets about health and benefits.

Wellness means happiness

Healthy and happy employees not only help cut health care costs—they also make the office more fun!

Nice profile: Lincoln Industries lowers workers comp & cuts health care costs with aid of happy well-balanced employees. http://ow.ly/5pEn9

How Wellness Incentives Can Reduce Health Care Costs http://ow.ly/1tEUPK

Text2Quit launch follows Text4Baby’s lead http://ow.ly/5iEe9 Very exciting!

Wellness, disease mgmt & associated incentives podcast from @hpminstitute http://t.co/Rq00a0J

Where will social media go next?

According to this blogger, social media’s next big shift is toward internal networking.

Good read: Are you ready for the second wave of social media? http://ow.ly/1u8map

Are benefits undergoing big change?

The McKinsey report stirred some controversy when it claimed that one-third of employers would “definitely or probably” stop offering insurance once health reform was fully implemented in 2014. See for yourself.

RT @McKQuarterly: How US health care reform will affect employee benefits bit.ly/iOTiAl

Companies seek to retain older workers with customized benefits http://t.co/mO8RbU6

Some employers restart 401(k) matching, but add conditions sbne.ws/r/85VG

Jennifer Benz

Jennifer Benz, SVP Communications Leader, has been on the leading edge of employee benefits for more than 20 years and is an influential voice in the employee benefits industry.