Wal-Mart 1st in state aid enrollees

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Wal-Mart 1st in state aid enrollees
By Howard Fischer
CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES

PHOENIX - Close to one of every 10 Wal-Mart employees is getting health insurance paid for by Arizona taxpayers, according to figures obtained Friday from the state.

The nearly 2,700 Wal-Mart workers represent about 1.9 percent of working people who are getting benefits from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

The company is the largest private employer in the state and has more workers getting state-paid health care than any other.

By contrast, other retailers in the top 15 list of private employers had rates of AHCCCS enrollment among their workers about half that of Wal-Mart's.

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[MountainLaurel]

1. I've seen these stats before

But this is such great data about how Wal-Mart's PR efforts about what a great humanitarian company they are represent a pile of horseshit larger than the Empire State Building.

[Lefty48197]

2. SHAMEFUL!

It's shameful what Walmartization is doing to America. I think the Arizona statistics hold up nationwide. i.e. about 2% of America's uninsured are Walmart employees. They're lowering wages and benefits for the lowest paid Americans. Absolutely shameful.

[n2doc]

3. Amazing how national health insurance isn't allowed...

Unless it can be used to subsidize a sleaze bag operation like W mart.