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    :: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 ::

    Wal-Mart at Center of Criticism Over Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits Medical News Today, UK
    According to the Times, Wal-Mart competitor Costco Wholesale, provides health insurance to 96% of eligible employees. In recent weeks, Wal-Mart has 'gone on its own offensive' against critics of its health care insurance policies, the Times reports. The company has been running a television ad nationally that features a Wal-Mart worker praising the company's health care coverage for saving the life of his son, who had a life-threatening liver disease.
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