Toyota Builds Onsite Health Clinic To Combat Rising Health Costs

While most people know that American carmakers like GM, Ford, and Chrysler are in financial crisis due to employee health costs, you may not be aware that Toyota is also beginning to have similar problems. In an effort to nip this issue in the bud, Toyota has built an onsite health clinic into their newest plant in the hopes that it will help keep employee health costs low. According to the Detroit News, Toyota expects to have increased primary care and physician costs, but they hope this will be offset by a significant reduction in hospitalization expenses. Toyota will track the effectiveness of its clinic in terms of cost reduction and health outcomes.