The Shawano Leader has dome useful statistics about WM's legal use of Wisconsin state programs to make sure that its employees have health coverage:
The total enrollment of Wal-Mart employees and relatives in BadgerCare is 1,175 adults and 638 children. Additionally, another 1,952 children of Wal-Mart employees are insured under Medicaid.The state of Wisconsin is providing health insurance for 3,765 people who are Wal-Mart employees or the spouses and children of Wal-Mart employees, according to Jim Malone, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Family Services.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has 25,861 employees in Wisconsin who earn an average of $10.36 per hour, said Sarah Clark, a spokeswoman at the company's Arkansas headquarters. Fifty-three percent of company employees in Wisconsin have insurance coverage through Wal-Mart, she said.
Posted by Kevin on November, 5 2004 at 02:42 PM
