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[uppityperson]

Did you know that WalMart has gotten in trouble for it's poor employee benefits? Some places their employees make up a large percentage of people on gvt subsidized health care. Meaning you work at walmart and all you can afford for health care is medicaide.

Here are some articles for you, first ones found quickly with a quick google search. There are lots more and lots more in the last yr if you want to do some research.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28219-2005Apr5.html

Md. Passes Rules on Wal-Mart Insurance
Bill Obligates Firms On Health Spending

By John Wagner and Michael Barbaro
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, April 6, 2005; Page A01

Maryland lawmakers yesterday approved legislation that would effectively require Wal-Mart to boost spending on health care, a direct legislative thrust against a corporate giant that is already on the defensive on many fronts nationwide.

"We're looking for responsible businesses to ante up . . . and provide adequate health care," said Sen. Thomas M. Middleton (D-Charles), the Finance Committee chairman, as the Senate approved the measure with a majority wide enough to survive an anticipated veto. A similar bill has cleared the House of Delegates, and legislators expect to reconcile their differences easily...(more)

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/24/news/fortune500/walmart_healthcare/index.htm

Wal-Mart to offer new health plan
Paper reports the retailer will unveil more affordable coverage for workers; some say it's overdue
October 24, 2005: 8:27 AM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Discounter Wal-Mart, which is often disparaged for its employee benefits, is set to unveil a cheaper health insurance plan aimed at expanding coverage for its low-income workers, according to a published report Monday.

The New York Times reported that the new "Value Plan" will have monthly premiums as low as $11. Additionally, Wal-Mart (Research) is offering health savings accounts, which the federal government introduced last year, the paper said.

"We are lowering the costs to make health insurance more affordable," Wal-Mart spokesman Dan Fogleman was quoted in the paper as saying. However, Fogleman declined to say how much the plan would cost the world's largest retailer.

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Under the plan, monthly premiums would run between 40 percent and 60 percent less than those for any existing Wal-Mart insurance policy, the report said, and individuals could visit a doctor three times before paying a deductible. ...(more)

http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/news/20050627-alter.html

Thousands of low-wage Wal-Mart workers are on public assistance. Many state lawmakers say it's time the megastore was forced to provide affordable employee health insurance.

When Susan Mediger-Paul went into labor in 1995 and gave birth prematurely to her third child, she knew the health insurance provided by her employer would not cover the cost. Nor would it pay for the birth of her fourth and fifth child later on, in 1998 and 1999. She said she relied on Minnesota Care, the state's public assistance healthcare, to pay for the multiple hospitalizations of her children, two of whom suffered from asthma.

Mediger-Paul seems an unlikely candidate for public assistance healthcare. She held a good-paying job as an accountant at Wal-Mart, the infamously profitable company and the largest private sector employer in the nation. ...(more)