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ADVANTAGE RENT-A-CAR AND STAR SHUTTLE AND CHARTER FIGHT RISING MEDICAL INSURANCE HEALTH COSTS WITH EMPLOYEE HEALTH INITIATIVES.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (June, 2005). Rising health cost is serious business and Advantage Rent A Car along with its’ sister company, Star Shuttle and Charter are doing something about it. On June 15, Advantage and Star is launching an internal healthy lifestyle initiative titled ‘THE ROAD TO BETTER HEALTH’. Employees will be offered assistance in choosing a healthier lifestyle including fitness programs, weight management plans and smoking cessation therapies and other resources such as online planning guides and newsletters with tips on wellness. With billions of dollars each year spent on smoking and obesity-related health care costs, corporations are taking an aggressive stance on controlling their losses.

“Our objective here is to get employees healthy,” says James P. Walker, C.E.O., Advantage Rent A Car. “It’s not health care costs alone that impact the workplace. Lost employee productivity is escalating which affects everyone. In order to keep health-care costs manageable for employees, we plan to provide the tools and financial assistance necessary to get healthier. However, each individual must also accept responsibility for their personal health and its’ affect on others.”

Advantage and Star is so committed to this program that owners and senior executives were the first to sign up. And a pre-launch event was held at the corporate offices with teams participating in a ‘run for health’ relay race. Weight loss and smoking cessation goals have been established and contests and other motivational activities will be introduced throughout the campaign.