OT Wal Mart Health Insurance

I notice that as an example of a happy employee, they use a guy from their IT department, and we both know his income is far beyond what a store associate makes. This leads to a question: What does the medical insurance cost?

It's better than a lot of companies, I see they even offer some dental and access to HMO coverage in some places.

Without details about the cost, this information has no meaning.

Not to mention, deductibles, co-pays, maximum out of pocket costs and whether their policy is governed by "ERISA." (employee retirement and income security act)

It would be interesting to see what the cost is. As I have said before for my retiree government cost per month is nearly $1000 my share is about 1/3 plus all the co-pays deductibles etc. This is the Federal workers Blue plan which the Dems want to put into effect for the

{I have medicare as primary but wife uses this plan. Our out of pocket for her for co-pays and deductible about 1500-2000 year.}

If you are interested in the details, drop by your local Wally world and ask...

Of course you could stay on the Net and bitch without any concrete info....if you are a liberal....LOL

Nope, not interested at all. Figured that you were since you brought it all up though...

I'd rather not... ya see, we're trying to cut the water bill down a bit and I've already showered this morning.

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If I were a liberal. Then again, -IF- Walmart had anything in common with conservative politics.

Since you're claiming that WM's benefits are good for their employees, YOU should find out how much an associate has to pay for those benefits, smartass. The link you provided earlier used an IT professional as an example. His salary is in no way similar to that of the person in the blue apron stocking aspirin on the shelves at a store.

The real question is what kind of health insurance is offered by Wal-Mart competitors (including the small mom and pop stores that some people think are being hurt by Wal-Mart). I believe that Wal-Mart has above average benefits for these types of workers. That is not to say that they are best, but above average.

Of course, not everyone can afford to shop at places like Whole-Foods Market, where retail workers have excellent health insurance. But on the other hand, Whole Foods Market hires mostly younger workers (yes, they discriminate) who have much lower health care costs and are often single or have small families, and Wal-Mart has a large number of senior workers and a fair number of handicapped workers, and workers with larger families. Insurance companies charge premiums based on the demographics of the company workforce.