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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 15 > Wal-Mart’s health care lesson for reformers

Wal-Mart’s health care lesson for reformers

Once vilified, the retailer has become an innovator in employee coverage

By Ceci Connolly / The Bulletin
February 15, 2009

Washington policymakers contemplating a fundamental overhaul of the nation’s troubled health care system may want to study the saga of Wal-Mart.

Once hammered for its stingy health benefits, the world’s largest company has become an unlikely leader in the effort to provide....

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