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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
I don't think this is the full story on benefits.  Walmart offered health care plans to even part time workers, which was not the norm.  So when employees pay more, it's compared to full time workers.  Also, half of employees didn't take it but 95% of employees are covered, which means that about half the time they are on their spouse's plan.  Not exactly bad.  http://www.amednews.com/article/20090720/business/307209993/6/  
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I'm sorry, but you are using information from at 2009 article. You missed the 2011 article from the NYT that I posted above that describes how Walmart substantially rolled back its benefits and now most part time workers aren't covered.

While Walmart initially supported Obamacare and garnered a lot of good publicity for the move, the company has more recently changed its position:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/12/09/walmart-bails-on-obamacare-sticks-taxpayers-with-employee-healthcare-costs/

"After making a big deal of publicly supporting the Affordable Care Act, Walmart—the nation’s largest private sector employer—is joining the ranks of companies seeking to avoid their obligation to provide employees with health insurance as required by Obamacare."

Note, this is Forbes, not some lefty rag.
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