bump.
Obamacare in action!
Boy, there are going to be some really pizzed, nastier then usual people working at Walmart.
My understanding is that the benefit offered to part-timers would have to be dropped anyhow because the max payout is $5K or something that does not comply with the demands of Obamacare. (unless you have a waiver that is)
I think they mean they can't add a spouse if that spouse is eligible for their company's health plan, a lot of companies are starting to do this, or adding a surcharge if the employee covers a spouse, who is eligible for their own health plan.
The downgrading of America continues. Thanks Obama for making health care more expensive.
"You can keep the healthcare coverage you have. Until my plan runs it out of business." - 0baMugabe
[ For employers like Walmart it would be easier and cheaper to just drop all coverage and pay the $2,000 fine and that’s exactly what Walmart appears to be prepping for. ]
Gee, they never figure or they always figure for unexpected consequences.
Didn’t they get a waver from O-Care?
They saw what happened when other companies told the truth about the increases...
Wally World was smart enough not to say it was from Obamacare...
We know it is, though.
welcome to obamacare world
didn’t Wal-mart support Obamacare and higher minimum wages??
Wal-Mart is missing a bet, here. They could set up a chain of stores designed specifically for “mass production medical testing”. Here’s the concept:
For a set contract price, all sorts of organizations send employees through these medical analysis centers that are somewhat like military induction medical centers, but far more complex. Segregated by gender, they provide their complete medical history and a list of all medications, OTC meds and supplements they are taking. They take off their clothes and put on medical gowns. Then, in some order:
Full body and dental X-ray and maybe other scans. Complete blood, urine, stool, saliva and hair testing. Fingerprints and retinal scans, height, weight, blood pressure. DNA test. Vision, hearing, smell (used for some neurological analysis), etc.
The idea being to provide a comprehensive medical baseline, as well as spotting major preexisting conditions, both known and unknown.
Processing hundreds of people every day, its purpose is not to diagnose and treat illness, but to ascertain “wellness”, as well as having a comprehensive snapshot of the person before they develop problems, so that changes can be automatically noted for physicians.
Over time, this could save companies a huge amount of money now lost to serious illness. But a Wal-Mart set up could then be subdivided for follow-up comparisons, such as the comprehensive blood work, which today is done by private labs.