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NCTraveler

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6. In the long-term I think it is necessary to break the cycle.....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 11:58 AM

Oct 2014

of private heath insurance being a part of ones compensation package at work. Compensation should come in the form of the all mighty dollar or other monetary investments and the employee should determine what they want to do with that dollar. It is the ONLY way to go if one feels healthcare is a right as I do.

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Wal-Mart plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees [View all] kpete Oct 2014 OP

all that wealth in the walmart family and still they do this belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1

I think it should only be for new hires yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #7

Just how many of those SheilaT Oct 2014 #2

Privatize profits, socialize costs CincyDem Oct 2014 #3

Well the problem is yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #8

Wow, is Walmart looking for cost-saving ideas? leftstreet Oct 2014 #4

hard to believe they ever gave benefits to part-timers. librechik Oct 2014 #5

In the long-term I think it is necessary to break the cycle..... NCTraveler Oct 2014 #6

I really, seriously wonder why they have any employees left. Initech Oct 2014 #9

Of course it does. Billions of dollars depend on it. Rex Oct 2014 #10