As someone who is both keenly interested in healthcare reform and as someone who runs a business, I’ve been following Health Promotion Advocates’ efforts to gain support for legislation around workplace health promotion. 

Chairman Dr. Michael O’Donnell – who has long recognized the power of prevention – and his team have created a web-based tool that makes it easy to send a letter of support for this legislation to your Senators and Representative. Health Promotion Advocates pays for the cost of faxing the letters, so there’s no charge to you for doing your (lower-case d) democratic duty.

Plus, the site gives you a chance to review your faxes before they are sent and provides details on the specific health promotion provisions supported. This effort takes a neutral stand on overall health care reform and pushes for health promotion in whatever big changes are made.

We join other organizations in the healthcare space – such as Johnson & Johnson – in supporting this grassroots, non-partisan campaign. So check it out – the goal is to have at least 10,000 faxes sent by September 15.

A worthy effort, and as wellness goes, far less taxing than doing 10,000 sit-ups.