tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post1144256939206266622..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Wal-Mart, KFC And McDonald's Workers: So Poor Ohio Taxpayers Pay Their Health Care CostsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-71345357338074637792008-08-01T07:19:00.000-04:002008-08-01T07:19:00.000-04:00LisaRenee --The largest employers have huge number...LisaRenee --<BR/><BR/>The largest employers have huge numbers of part-time workers. Benefits fall short, or are too costly. The government steps in to fill the gap. This system is piecemeal and really isn't very fair. Some employers pay and pay through the nose, and their workers do too for coverage. Others skimp. There is a bit of irony in the fact that the goods produced in China for Wal-Mart come from a country that provides health care to its citizens. They are sold in the USA by a company whose workers frequently received tax-subsidized health care from a welfare program. They just can't afford to purchase the market-priced coverage. I do think that meaningful reform would come -- and come quickly -- if Congress and the political class lost their perks and benefits. Healthcare and energy are huge problems, and everybody has known a day of reckoning was coming . . .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-13170910763137411572008-08-01T07:12:00.000-04:002008-08-01T07:12:00.000-04:00Dieter --The larger point is that some kind of hea...Dieter --<BR/><BR/>The larger point is that some kind of health care reform is needed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-24173525924033443462008-08-01T01:06:00.000-04:002008-08-01T01:06:00.000-04:00While I realize that Wal-Mart seems to be everyone...While I realize that Wal-Mart seems to be everyone's favorite target...when reading the report? This jumped out at me:<BR/><BR/>The number of employees and their dependents receiving Medicaid jumped most sharply over the<BR/>four-year period at the Akron-based telemarketer Infocision, the retailer Target and the Cleveland<BR/>Clinic Health System. These three employers each saw an increase of more than 40 percent from<BR/>2004 to 2007.<BR/><BR/>You'd think those who had such a large increase would merit attention...<BR/><BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-50539713641790779942008-07-31T21:40:00.000-04:002008-07-31T21:40:00.000-04:00So are you for or against this practice? We need ...So are you for or against this practice? We need the total picture. I see these people keeping food costs down for the public. Now if some fat cat is getting rich, well that is another story. But that is not caused by the food industry, but it is part of our system that pays high amounts to CEOs and investors and cares little about the proletariat.<BR/><BR/>These guys are just playing by the rules and the rule need some changing.<BR/><BR/>Dieter SchmiedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com