I wanted to alert you to a good post by Jonathan Cohn of The New Republic on the news that Wal-Mart is backing an employer mandate for health insurance. Writes Cohn:
Most reform advocates support the idea, arguing it’s necessary both to raise the money necessary to finance universal coverage in the early years and to protect existing employer coverage for people who already have it. But many conservatives, not to mention many trade groups, detest the idea — calling it an unconscionable burden on business and overreach of government authority.
Starting today, those critics are going to have a harder time making their argument stick. And it’s all thanks to Wal-Mart.
Yes, Wal-Mart — the company famous for finding new and creative ways to squeeze employee health benefits — has today endorsed, in principle, an employer mandate.
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