Walmart: The Documentary | by Ben
Speaking of films about big, unethical corporations, The Huffington Post has a note today about a filmmaker working on a documentary about Walmart. He was launched into action after hearing a friend who worked there say he was given explicit instructions by the company about how to apply for Medicaid coverage since Walmart wasn't paying him enough to be able to buy health insurance.
Doesn't it strike you that a major argument for single-payer health care would be that the country's largest employer is pushing their employees into a government plan to avoid paying for medical costs.
I look forward to them completing their work. I'd already seen several pieces on the company. Both Frontline and NOW on PBS had fairly long stories. Frontline's program focused on Walmart's trade relations with China, while NOW's story dealt with employee relations.