Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which has about half of its stores in rural areas, responded to critics and rolled out more health insurance plans for its employees last year, including options with low deductibles and a $4 co-pay on generic prescription drugs. Since then, many of the company's workers have taken advantage of the new plans, but half still get insurance elsewhere or not at all, reports Ann Zimmerman of the Wall Street Journal.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 15 percent of the nation's full-time workers have no health insurance. (Read more)
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