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Sunday, January 15, 2006

WalMart & health insurance

Kentucky is following Maryland's lead to require Wal-Mart to spend more on health insurance for employees.

A bill before Kentucky's general assembly would require employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least eight percent of their payrolls on health insurance or pay the difference into a state medicaid fund.

Friday, Maryland's legislature voted to override the governor's veto to pass a nearly identical bill.

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