This announcement was made by Susan Chambers, a vice president, at a meeting of business and health care executives. Some of the details outlined by Chambers:
- decrease from two year to one year of mandatory employment before eligibility kicks in. That will also extend to their children.
- $23 per month for the expected most popular plan, and $15 a month more for the children of the workers.
While I have never worked for Wal-Mart I understand the importance of health insurance, even for part-time workers. Regardless of the amount of hours a Wal-Mart employee works if Wal-Mart and other retailers can find it within their deep pockets to pick up part of the health cost they would be taking a step in the right direction in my opinion. A little less stock holder profit to take care of the workers who create that profit? Is that a crazy Utopian idea?
What are your thoughts on this issue?
