wal-mart issues

Inadequate Health Coverage

Fewer than half of Wal-Mart employees are insured by the company’s health plan, compared to 66% at other large companies.

Premiums: employees pay 42% of the cost of their individual health coverage.

High deductibles and co-payments: a single worker could pay $6400 ( about 45% of annual full-time salary ) before ever seeing a a single benefit from the health plan.

Wal-Mart produces employee handouts about how to apply for Medicaid, food stamps, and other forms of public assistance.

Wal-Mart’s Success Comes at a Cost to American Taxpayers

Providing public benefits to a single Wal-Mart employing 200 people can cost taxpayers $420,000 per year. This includes free and reduced lunches, housing assistance, tax-credits and deductions for low-income families, state and federal health care costs. Title I expenses, and energy assistance for qualified employees.