One of the benefits that came along with our switch to Cigna's health insurance plans earlier this year was access to their health assessment program.  We all received a note from Felicia White in HR about this back in April -- which included the opportunity to be entered for a drawing for those who fill out the survey by the end of June ($750), end of September ($500) or end of December ($250).  Last week I took my annual physical (covered by Cigna at 100% with no deductible) and earlier this morning I filled in my health assessment survey.  Took about 15 minutes, including the quick registration process.  And I got back a very nice and useful report -- nothing that the doctor hadn't already told me, but still nice to see it confirmed in an easy-to-read and understand format.

Now, I know I'm the first to complain about the cost of healthcare and the upward direction of our health insurance premiums.  As a result I don't always have nice things to say about our insurers.  But I also recognize that we bear some personal responsibility for the direction of those insurance costs -- the better we take care of ourselves, the more likely it is that we'll stay healthy.  And if improved health means lower costs and, hence, lower premiums, well I'm all for that.  Put another way, we owe it to ourselves but also to one another to stay as healthy as possible and to keep our health care costs as low as we can (without scrimping on necessary doctor visits or medications). 

Taking Cigna's health assessment survey represents one small and easy step toward greater health awareness and, hopefully, healthier living.  As I said above, it takes only about 15 minutes to complete and the result could be worth a bundle to all of us (not to mention your chance to be the winner in the prize drawings!).  

The survey can be found on MyCigna (www.my.cigna.com).