Consumer-driven and high-deductible health plans continue to rise, and now cover 28 percent of those with health insurance, according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

Most workers are satisfied with the health benefits they have now and express little interest in changing the mix of benefits and wages offered by their employers.

In his book Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story, Peter Guber writes about how motivating people to act in the way we want often depends on our ability to touch a chord through a story that illustrates our message.