Thread: Wal-Mart Regrets Exec's Comments on Health Care for Immigran

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€

Wal-Mart’s media relations director, Greg Rossiter, and corporate affairs manager, Phillip Keene, insisted I miscast Agwunobi’s point. They said he was talking about affordability, not extending coverage to illegal aliens. Keene asked us to remove the story from our Web site.

Right Just another reason to add to a very long list of reasons to ALWAYS avoid the big W

I can understand why Wal-Mart wouldn’t want to be perceived as taking sides on such a hot-button issue as immigration.




I can understand that also.

However, they might want to start by refusing to allow their representatives to speak at events hosted by blatant and unapologetic, racist special interest groups like La Raza.

Stop shopping at Walmart and anti-American businesses.

[quote]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€

If Wal-Mart wanted to take sides they would be donating to ALIPAC and using E-Verify!!