Session: The Social Costs of Large Retailers' (and Other Large Employers) Health Care Practices

4216.0: Tuesday, November 18, 2003: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral

The Social Costs of Large Retailers' (and Other Large Employers) Health Care Practices

In an effort to contol costs and increase profits some large retail corporations and other large employers have reduced health care coverage for workers and shifted more health costs to employees. Greater reliance on part-time employees, with reduced benefits, has exasperated these problems. Retail and other service workers are becoming more likely to delay or avoid seeking care with negative health consequences for workers and their families. Ultimatly this leads to a shift in costs to government programs and private health care players.

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Organizer(s):

Pamela Wilson

Presider(s):

Megan Sweeney, MPA

2:30 PM

Wal-Mart and the Health Care Low Road
Steven Hendrickson, MA

2:50 PM

Wal-Mart: Insuror of Last Resort
Ellen Rosen, PhD

3:10 PM

Benefits Divide: Health Care Purchasing In Retail Versus Other Sectors
James Maxwell, PhD