[Conservababe]

I have just learned from an employee in management at Wal-Mart that they are solely self funded. BC/BS is only contracted to handle paper work. Wal-Mart themselves make decisions in denial of claims, according to the contract signed by the employee.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I think that unfortunately people sign contracts and forms without even considering that something could possibly happen to them. The dangling of the healthcare coverage is too good to pass up to think about what could happen should they find themselves in that very situation someday. That's why I really feel for these people-both this couple and Wal-Mart as well. Wal-mart kept their end of the bargain and now that they are trying to collect on it they are going to get another wave of bad publicity for simply adhering to the contract that was agreed upon by the employee who signed it.