In a letter to the White House and Congress, Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke approved a "mandate of the employer is fair and broad in its coverage," reports the New York Times . Wal-Mart, the largest employer private country, has long resisted a group health insurance mandate.
This new position stunned more than a few people. Not to mention the letter was co-signed by the service employees international Union and the liberal think tank Center for American Progress in. - Strange companions for a company with an embattled history with unions and a reputation for being stingy with benefits
Now that the reform of health care is more more certain, companies are beginning to jockey for a seat at the negotiating table. Or as Rahm Emanuel said, "Everyone is trying to get their seat on the train," adding that other leaders also expressed support for the idea of requiring employers to provide their workers the Health Insurance.
The tide is turning without any doubt. A pharmaceutical company salesman recently promised to reduce the costs of prescription drugs by $ 80 billion over the next decade. Hospitals have a similar agreement to reduce costs in the works.
What Wal-Mart negotiation for approval of a health insurance mandate? A guarantee that the costs of health care will be contained by what is called a trigger mechanism. They would like to see a system in place that the scope of automatic cuts if certain spending targets are not met.
Sit in the front row, ladies and gentlemen, the next round promises to be even more intense.
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