Wal-Mart Regrets Exec's Comments on Health Care for Immigrants

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By Katherine Glover
July 30th, 2009 @ 9:00 am

Oops. Apparently Wal-Mart is not pleased with something one of its executives said about health care.

Wal-Mart recently announced its support for requiring large corporations to provide health insurance to their employees. But a Wal-Mart VP took things one step further last weekend while speaking on a health care panel at the annual conference of Latino group National Council of La Raza.

When asked the company’s position on health care for undocumented immigrants, John Agwunobi, who oversees Wal-Mart’s health and wellness business unit, responded, “We believe strongly that everyone should have access to affordable health insurance. Everyone.â€