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Wal-Mart's Unhealthy Care Leaves Taxpayers Paying the Bill
Target: State LegislatorsSponsored by: Wal-Mart Watch
Who pays for Wal-Mart workers' health care? We all do.
Despite Wal-Mart's mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us -- taxpayers -- with its workers' health care costs. In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care.
The scope of this corporate failure is massive: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.3 million associates, yet it fails to give health insurance to 53 percent of its employees.
But change is coming!On January 12, 2006, the Maryland House and Senate made history by passing the Fair Share Health Care Act. This legislation will force Wal-Mart to contribute more to pay for its worker's healthcare coverage. Wal-Mart has been burdening taxpayers with its workers' health care costs for far too long, and this bill will help stop that practice.
Now as many as thirty states nationwide are considering similar legislation. Send a message to your state legislatures that you support legislation to require your state's largest employers to meet minimal standards for health care expenditures.
Despite Wal-Mart's mammoth profits, the company actually burdens us -- taxpayers -- with its workers' health care costs. In a disturbing nationwide trend, more state studies are revealing that Wal-Mart employees are the top recipients of taxpayer-paid health care.
The scope of this corporate failure is massive: Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States, with over 1.3 million associates, yet it fails to give health insurance to 53 percent of its employees.
But change is coming!On January 12, 2006, the Maryland House and Senate made history by passing the Fair Share Health Care Act. This legislation will force Wal-Mart to contribute more to pay for its worker's healthcare coverage. Wal-Mart has been burdening taxpayers with its workers' health care costs for far too long, and this bill will help stop that practice.
Now as many as thirty states nationwide are considering similar legislation. Send a message to your state legislatures that you support legislation to require your state's largest employers to meet minimal standards for health care expenditures.
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# 50:
11:21 am PST, Jan 19,
D. Rex Miller, North Carolina
# 49:
11:21 am PST, Jan 19,
Sally Planalp, Utah
Why pay more for essentials such as health care in order to pay less of many of the non-essentials bought at Walmart? Our priorities are misguided.
Why pay more for essentials such as health care in order to pay less of many of the non-essentials bought at Walmart? Our priorities are misguided.
# 48:
11:21 am PST, Jan 19,
Chuck Merriman, New York
# 47:
11:20 am PST, Jan 19,
James Carr, Texas
# 46:
11:20 am PST, Jan 19,
CLAUDIA SCHLEFSTEIN, Florida
# 45:
11:20 am PST, Jan 19,
David Brody, California
# 44:
11:20 am PST, Jan 19,
Terri Blakley, California
# 43:
11:19 am PST, Jan 19,
Mary Beth white, Ohio
# 42:
11:19 am PST, Jan 19,
Patrick McCabe, Wisconsin
# 41:
11:19 am PST, Jan 19,
Joel Fine, Virginia
# 40:
11:19 am PST, Jan 19,
Ronald Wendt, Virginia
We will end up paying
We will end up paying
# 39:
11:18 am PST, Jan 19,
Ken Berry, Texas
You guys are always about eradicating "welfare." How's about cutting some corporate welfare! Make them get their snouts out of the public trough and pay their fair share.
You guys are always about eradicating "welfare." How's about cutting some corporate welfare! Make them get their snouts out of the public trough and pay their fair share.
# 38:
11:18 am PST, Jan 19,
Clarence Boussom, Michigan
because if you don't...you will place the interests of big business ahead of the needs of individuals. And that has landed us in a bunch of trouble as of late
because if you don't...you will place the interests of big business ahead of the needs of individuals. And that has landed us in a bunch of trouble as of late
# 37:
11:17 am PST, Jan 19,
Corey Paine, Washington
# 36:
11:17 am PST, Jan 19,
Roger D. Grow, Iowa
# 35:
11:17 am PST, Jan 19,
Margaret Seltzer, California
# 34:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Brooke Fredericksen, Arizona
We are already running into trouble here in Arizona with healthcare costs that must be borne by the State. It is time to require large, extremely profitable employers such as Wal-Mart to provide REAL and AFFORDABLE healthcare coverage to their employees to help alleviate what the State of Arizona has to cover.
We are already running into trouble here in Arizona with healthcare costs that must be borne by the State. It is time to require large, extremely profitable employers such as Wal-Mart to provide REAL and AFFORDABLE healthcare coverage to their employees to help alleviate what the State of Arizona has to cover.
# 33:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Michael Meier, Indiana
Wal-Mart should pay more of their employees health care with some of the billions of dollars profits they make. This should not be paid for by tax payers dollars.
Wal-Mart should pay more of their employees health care with some of the billions of dollars profits they make. This should not be paid for by tax payers dollars.
# 32:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Judith Grant, California
Walmart should care more about the people it employs and their wellbeing and welfare. No one should live in America without health care, especially those who are able to work. Please handle this immediately.
Walmart should care more about the people it employs and their wellbeing and welfare. No one should live in America without health care, especially those who are able to work. Please handle this immediately.
# 31:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Cori Wasserman, New York
# 30:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 29:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Paul Reisler, Virginia
Just another example of the hidden costs of low prices and corporations that are too big for anyone's good.
Just another example of the hidden costs of low prices and corporations that are too big for anyone's good.
# 28:
11:16 am PST, Jan 19,
Ronald J. Sanders, California
# 27:
11:15 am PST, Jan 19,
Kelly Cowan, Texas
# 26:
11:15 am PST, Jan 19,
Laurie Manis, Illinois
And yet I have to smuggle in my Cuban cigars ...
And yet I have to smuggle in my Cuban cigars ...
# 25:
11:15 am PST, Jan 19,
Jack O. Payne, California
# 24:
11:14 am PST, Jan 19,
JON Bauer, Missouri
# 23:
11:14 am PST, Jan 19,
Richard Franco, Minnesota
# 22:
11:13 am PST, Jan 19,
Name not displayed, New York
# 21:
11:13 am PST, Jan 19,
Mary Muncy, Michigan
Walmart should be ashamed that they haven't provided health care benefits for their employees.
Walmart should be ashamed that they haven't provided health care benefits for their employees.
# 20:
11:13 am PST, Jan 19,
Hope Madden, Ohio
# 19:
11:12 am PST, Jan 19,
Lynn Kavanagh, New York
# 18:
11:12 am PST, Jan 19,
Roberta Marley, Pennsylvania
# 17:
11:11 am PST, Jan 19,
Kim Hughes, New York
# 16:
11:11 am PST, Jan 19,
Name not displayed, Indiana
since it's become one of America's primer employer-then they should be able to offer all their employees better health benefits if they can' offer better pay.
since it's become one of America's primer employer-then they should be able to offer all their employees better health benefits if they can' offer better pay.
# 15:
11:10 am PST, Jan 19,
Elizabeth Bair, Florida
# 14:
11:08 am PST, Jan 19,
Eleni Canisz, Michigan
# 13:
11:07 am PST, Jan 19,
Dian Lord, Washington
Shame on Wal-Mart
Shame on Wal-Mart
# 12:
11:07 am PST, Jan 19,
Patricia Hennessey, Georgia
# 11:
11:04 am PST, Jan 19,
Amy Michaud, Maryland
# 10:
11:04 am PST, Jan 19,
Kathy Hall, Arkansas
# 9:
10:43 am PST, Jan 19,
Richard Linsenberg, Pennsylvania
# 8:
10:43 am PST, Jan 19,
Patrick Stansberry, Iowa
# 7:
10:13 am PST, Jan 19,
Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
$1,000 annual deductible is WAY TOO MUCH. It is ridiculous that taxpayers pay for Wal-Mart employees' health care when Wal-Mart CEOs make bloated profits and could care less about their employees' and their families' health.
$1,000 annual deductible is WAY TOO MUCH. It is ridiculous that taxpayers pay for Wal-Mart employees' health care when Wal-Mart CEOs make bloated profits and could care less about their employees' and their families' health.
# 6:
9:47 am PST, Jan 19,
Wendy Horn, California
# 5:
9:47 am PST, Jan 19,
Nayana Cohen, New Mexico
# 4:
9:39 am PST, Jan 19,
Franziska Eber, Germany
# 3:
9:35 am PST, Jan 19,
Timothy Brown, Washington
# 2:
9:30 am PST, Jan 19,
Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
# 1:
8:43 am PST, Jan 19,
Stacey Rudolph, Virginia