Companies & Health Care

Personally, I don't think an American citizen should have to be employed by a company in order to get good health insurance. But at the moment, that's the way the system works. And I believe we give adequate tax benefits and incentives to large companies so that they are able to provide good health insurance options to their employees. Many large companies in the US do offer good health insurance options to employees.

Walmart not only pays dismally, but it is also rather stingy on the health insurance. From The an article in the New York Times, here's an example of a Walmart employee. "Ms. Caizza, for example, worked about 32 hours a week, making $8 an hour. Full-time employees make about $1,200 a month on those wages, meaning the $133 to $264 they are asked to pay for family coverage may not be within their reach."

No wonder Walmart does so well. Tax payers are paying for the benefits for their employees. Do you still think that cheap Walmart goods are so cheap? Next time, consider the millions that California tax payers alone have spent insuring Walmart employees.