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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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# 15,900:
5:14 pm PST, Feb 23,
Sue Potter, Puerto Rico
I have a family member who works for Wal-Mart. She works LONG, hard hours and brings home peanuts. Wal-Mart should pay ALL the health care cost or up the employees pay so they have a decent paycheck to show for their labor.
I have a family member who works for Wal-Mart. She works LONG, hard hours and brings home peanuts. Wal-Mart should pay ALL the health care cost or up the employees pay so they have a decent paycheck to show for their labor.
# 15,899:
3:13 pm PST, Feb 23,
Joseph O'Dell, Puerto Rico
# 15,898:
11:36 am PST, Feb 21,
Larry Mixer, Iowa
# 15,897:
11:49 am PST, Feb 18,
Crystal Troy, New Jersey
# 15,896:
7:12 pm PST, Feb 3,
Karen Myers, United Arab Emirates
a good share of profits should go to the workers
a good share of profits should go to the workers
# 15,895:
7:05 am PST, Feb 3,
Christine Iadeluca, New York
# 15,894:
5:38 pm PST, Jan 31,
Tori Rumbaugh, California
# 15,893:
7:16 am PST, Jan 29,
Renee Youngberg, Minnesota
# 15,892:
3:07 pm PST, Jan 24,
Name not displayed, Alabama
An unethical culture!!!
An unethical culture!!!
# 15,891:
2:26 am PST, Jan 23,
Shelley Fritz, California
# 15,890:
2:43 pm PST, Jan 22,
Robin Davis, Pennsylvania
# 15,889:
9:05 pm PST, Jan 21,
Michele Long, Kentucky
# 15,888:
7:18 pm PST, Jan 20,
Stephanie Mitterko, New Jersey
# 15,887:
1:43 pm PST, Jan 20,
Karen R, Missouri
# 15,886:
4:19 pm PST, Jan 18,
Bobi Milner, Illinois
# 15,885:
9:56 pm PST, Jan 16,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 15,884:
1:02 pm PST, Jan 16,
Lisa Cowdrey, North Carolina
# 15,883:
4:33 am PST, Jan 15,
Misty Hodges, West Virginia
# 15,882:
1:31 am PST, Jan 15,
Kathleen Roby, Ohio
# 15,881:
5:53 pm PST, Jan 14,
Donna Fusco, Connecticut
# 15,880:
9:45 am PST, Jan 14,
Taylor Weidner, Colorado
# 15,879:
7:48 am PST, Jan 14,
Robin Lyles, Arizona
# 15,878:
2:59 am PST, Jan 14,
Michael Roadinger, California
# 15,877:
6:58 pm PST, Jan 13,
Christine Jacobs, Alabama
# 15,876:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 13,
C. Romanelli, Illinois
# 15,875:
5:22 am PST, Jan 13,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 15,874:
3:30 pm PST, Jan 11,
Dave Sennett, Pennsylvania
wal-mart is getting to big for their britches.
wal-mart is getting to big for their britches.
# 15,873:
3:40 pm PST, Jan 8,
Heather Riede, California
I have stopped shopping at Wal-Mart for over 3 years now because of their poor ethics in dealing with just about anything it comes into contact with. Taxpayers shouldn't have to pick up Wal-Mart's slack for their own employees by Wal-Mart being too greedy to share it's billion dollar profits with the people that keep them running.
I have stopped shopping at Wal-Mart for over 3 years now because of their poor ethics in dealing with just about anything it comes into contact with. Taxpayers shouldn't have to pick up Wal-Mart's slack for their own employees by Wal-Mart being too greedy to share it's billion dollar profits with the people that keep them running.
# 15,872:
12:04 pm PST, Jan 8,
Wesley Vincent, New Mexico
# 15,871:
8:12 pm PST, Jan 6,
Ron Goodman, Idaho
# 15,870:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 6,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 15,869:
7:47 am PST, Jan 6,
Andrea Leary, Florida
# 15,868:
2:25 pm PST, Jan 5,
Linda Schuette, Illinois
# 15,867:
10:43 am PST, Jan 5,
Debbie Pintacura, California
# 15,866:
10:41 am PST, Jan 4,
Melanie Leary, Texas
# 15,865:
6:42 pm PST, Jan 2,
Dan Salerno, Massachusetts
# 15,864:
3:28 pm PST, Jan 2,
Charles Gargiulo, Massachusetts
# 15,863:
12:03 pm PST, Jan 2,
Marcin Sztwiertnia, Poland
# 15,862:
7:39 am PST, Jan 2,
Becky Moore, Missouri
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a ripple of hope.--Robert F. Kennedy
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, they send forth a ripple of hope.--Robert F. Kennedy
# 15,861:
7:52 am PST, Dec 31,
Scott Stanton, Connecticut
It is shameful that Wal-Mart should, as a matter of policy, try to dump its responsibilities onto taxpayers. Why is government financing Wal-Mart's cost of doing business?
It is shameful that Wal-Mart should, as a matter of policy, try to dump its responsibilities onto taxpayers. Why is government financing Wal-Mart's cost of doing business?
# 15,860:
5:35 pm PST, Dec 29,
Amanda Scott, North Carolina
# 15,859:
7:16 am PST, Dec 27,
Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada
# 15,858:
2:30 am PST, Dec 27,
Julia Burwell, Washington
# 15,857:
2:20 pm PST, Dec 23,
Joan Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania
The Walton's have enough money to help the employees.Why should the common public pay for something that should be an employee benefit?Or at least pay the workers enough to afford medical insurance on their own.
The Walton's have enough money to help the employees.Why should the common public pay for something that should be an employee benefit?Or at least pay the workers enough to afford medical insurance on their own.
# 15,856:
8:05 am PST, Dec 22,
Susan Walker, California
# 15,855:
5:01 pm PST, Dec 19,
Marcos Monserrat, Argentina
# 15,854:
10:59 am PST, Dec 19,
Jill Capps, California
# 15,853:
4:39 pm PST, Dec 18,
Quinton Quebodeaux, Louisiana
THERE RICH!!THEY'LL STILL GET MONEY, EVEN IF THEY PAY FOR THE WORKERS HEALTH CARE COSTS.SO WHY AREN'T THEY DOING IT?CAUSE THERE CHEAP!
THERE RICH!!THEY'LL STILL GET MONEY, EVEN IF THEY PAY FOR THE WORKERS HEALTH CARE COSTS.SO WHY AREN'T THEY DOING IT?CAUSE THERE CHEAP!
# 15,852:
5:56 pm PST, Dec 16,
Clayton Garner, Texas
# 15,851:
5:29 am PST, Dec 13,
Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
False advertisement will be your downfall.
False advertisement will be your downfall.