Benefits and Wellness
Ware County cares about the well-being of our employees and their dependents. We want you and
your family to prosper and live a long healthy life. All of us think about retirement and how much money we need to set aside when that day finally comes. Think about how much more enjoyable and financially set you will be when you retire if you are not spending hundreds of dollars on medications each month or are not limited to the things you can do as a result of a controllable health condition.
An unhealthy lifestyle is the primary contributor to the five leading causes of death in the U.S. - heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory disease and diabetes account for 70% of all deaths. The good news is you can take control now and limit the chance of these conditions from happening and putting a damper on your retirement.
Our Health and Wellness Program is here to educate, engage and encourage you and your family members to take responsibility.
In order to take advantage of lower health insurance costs you and your spouse, if covered, must obtain a Biometric Screening and take the Online Health Assessment through the wellright website each year. The biometric screening is available once a year during the County Health Fair or at your own physicians office. The online health assessment can be completed on the wellright website.
1. Biometric Screening - Attend the Ware County Health Fair or at your physician's office.
2. Online Health Assessment - go to www.warecounty.wellright.com to start and/or update your health assessment. This process takes about 20 minutes.
You will need to wait until after July 1st each year in order to complete these tasks for the current plan year.
Failure to complete these required tasks each year (April 1st deadline for each task) will result in higher health insurance costs, starting at the beginning of the next plan year, until these requirements are satisfied. The costs for the Non-Wellness participants for the new plan year are provided on the side-by-side comparison located on page 4.