Fill out your Health Risk Questionnaire and send it in!

 

Picture this: You’re walking down the street and on the corner is someone in a booth handing out cash. “Free money to anyone who walks by!” he says.

My assumption is that you’d take the cash, wouldn’t you?

Chances are, if someone was doing that, there would be police on the street directing traffic and taking care of crowd control.

Then why haven’t most of you sent in your Health Risk Questionnaire (HRQ)? It is free cash.

By not filling out the questionnaire and failing to send it in, you are turning down money that is yours!

I say most of you, because as I write this column, only 18 percent of the active membership of this local union eligible for the Indemnity PPO Medical Plan with the UFCW Food Trust Fund has turned in their HRQ. That’s right, nearly 80 percent of those eligible to qualify for an enhancement of their medical benefits have flat out ignored the opportunity!

   Unbelievable! It would only take a little effort to bump up the value of what you have so rightly earned.

    In an article last month, we advised you that in your mailbox you will find an important tool that can help you improve your quality of life — and get paid for it! It’s called the Health Risk Questionnaire.

You have received mail from the Trust Fund letting you know that the HRQ would be arriving. You also received a DVD explaining the HRQ and how it benefits your life.

With the HRQ you can make a comprehensive assessment of your overall health and, in the process, identify health risks that you should address.

After you have completed the HRQ and sent it in, you will receive a personalized wellness plan, as well as information tailored to your situation that will guide you in making healthy changes for life.

The HRQ is voluntary, completely confidential and — as part of the New Indemnity Medical Plan — there is no cost to you.

In fact, you will receive an extra cash contribution to your Health Reimbursement Account if you complete and return your questionnaire by the deadline.