The Hill reports that, in a joint letter to President Obama, Wal-Mart and nemesis SEIU (the Service Employees International Union) have expressed support for passage of a legal requirement for employer provided health insurance.
Excerpt:
“It is significant that Wal-Mart, one of the country’s largest employers, and SEIU, one of the country’s major unions, have joined together to call for the enactment of health reform that will lower costs and assure quality and affordable healthcare for all Americans,” White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle said in a statement. “The president is committed to signing health reform legislation built on those principles this year.”
This is significant on a number of facets, not the least of which is that SEIU is a principal “Partner Organization” of the advocacy group Wal-Mart Watch and has successfully unionized a number of Wal-Mart stores and forced major concessions from the country’s largest employer.
The Hill article offers a good brief on the debate over health care. The letter itself can be found here courtesy of WSJ.
Both worth reading.
Of course, Walmart sees a profit to be made here. Of course, the Union sees a profit to be made here. Be very cautious about this team. They will be more than happy to line up with the medical “industry” to fill their pockets and empty yours. Obama-care wont cure our ills even if we could afford it.
The truly sickening thing about this obama health care crap is the fact that “unions” will be exempt from TAXES for all health insurance payments, but the rest of the American “Working” public will have to start paying taxes on your employer provided health insurance! WTF?? This legislation MUST BE STOPPED! The American people do NOT want goverment run health care!!!!! This BS has to STOP!!! NO MORE!!!!!
The trolls have emerged once again I see… desperate times call for desperate tactics.
When those two arch enemies agree on the value of the president’s health care reform plan, there just might be something worth while for the rest of us to look at and support, instead of knee-jerk political opposition.