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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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8:15 pm PDT, Apr 11,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Wal-Fart, you're good for it - pick up the tab.
Wal-Fart, you're good for it - pick up the tab.
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Can Atik, Turkey
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Michael Rabasco, Minnesota
do something to put an end to this.
do something to put an end to this.
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Octavian Paul Draja, Romania
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Megan Langreck, Wisconsin
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April Jarvis, West Virginia
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11:17 pm PST, Nov 12,
Olivia Geri, New Jersey
Walmart has been destroying America for far too long now. WE DONT NEED WALMART. BOYCOTT WALMART. Its an American rip off. We think were saving money yet were spending more to allow its sneaky ways to rip us off. And they treat their employees like trash.
Walmart has been destroying America for far too long now. WE DONT NEED WALMART. BOYCOTT WALMART. Its an American rip off. We think were saving money yet were spending more to allow its sneaky ways to rip us off. And they treat their employees like trash.
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Brian Tatum, Tennessee
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3:28 pm PDT, Aug 25,
Julie Nelson, North Carolina
Any company that makes billions of dollars each year should be required to provide employees with affordable health benefits. The Wal-Mart corporation is destroying America. BOYCOTT WAL-MART!!!
Any company that makes billions of dollars each year should be required to provide employees with affordable health benefits. The Wal-Mart corporation is destroying America. BOYCOTT WAL-MART!!!
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Dee C, New York
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Monica G, North Carolina
walmart is one of the richest companys in the world.
walmart is one of the richest companys in the world.
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