Wal-Mart, with its legendary anti-union reputation, encourages workers to apply for Medicaid, rather than provide good health benefits.
To learn more:The Wal-Martization of Health Care (forthcoming in NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation)
Susan Chambers Memo (from Wake-Up Wal-Mart website)
Employer Spending on Health Benefits, from the Government Accountability Office
The Fair Share for Health Care Act and New York's Labor Market, Adam Yelowitz, Employment Policies Institute
Hidden Cost of Wal-Mart Jobs, Dube & Jacobs, Berkeley Center for Labor Reserahc and Education
Model Health Share Care Act, National Labor Caucus of State Legislators
On July 19, 2006, the court ruled that the Fair Share Health Care Act was preempted by ERISA. For the court opinion, click here.