Healthcare

America's Health Care Crisis

General Motors: Leading the Way with Healthcare Post World War II America consisted of employer health care coverage as the norm. Companies such as General Motors led the way in taking care of its own with employee healthcare, retiree healthcare, and pensions. GM used to be the largest employer in America and they set the baseline for healthcare coverage.

Walmart: The New Leader Walmart is now easily the country's largest employer and now responsible for setting the example in healthcare coverage. Looking at the numbers compared to GM, Walmart has taken the opposite stance by cutting costs with healthcare where ever possible.

Key points of comparison:

-For each car that GM produces, $1500 is spent on health care for its employees.

-Average wages for GM when it was the largest employer were 41% higher than Walmart's current average wages

-GM fully covered almost all of its employees