But in the meantime....if the PT checker on 4 gets pregnant out of wedlock, who is paying the $5000+ for that baby to be born? Just saying that you would think they could provide SOME sort of health benefit to the associates.
I know no other business provides health coverage to PT employees, but if WalMart is such a driving force to the American Economy like you guys are touting...eh, doesn't really matter. They are not going to do anything about it, it would hurt the bottom line.
They have a pretty cheap group insurance plan they can buy into if they want.
One question also is why is health care so expensive that it is out of reach for so many? Its another example of a controlled industry where you have to know someone on the inside to even get into medical school. Then if you are one of the few who is allowed in, you have to jump through a regulatory and legal minefield just to treat people.
The answer isn't to reform retail which is one of the dwindling actually free areas of our economy. Its to go after all of these other fields, that with their protectionism and regulation are impovershing millions of people who aren't fortunate enough to be on the inside.
"They are not going to do anything about it, it would hurt the bottom line."
The free market has worked well for us. Nations that are protectionist or have gone socialist have fallen by the wayside as we have advanced.
As ironically it seems we are now going, more socialism and regulation by the day.