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I'm amazed no one has yet posted on this issue (unless somehow I missed it). This story is now making big air time with Anderson Cooper on CNN and Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, among other places. Curiously, I haven't seen a mention of it on Fox, but I may have missed it there. In any case, in case you are unaware:
Shank is a former WalMart employee who was severely injured, suffering permanent brain damage, in an auto accident. She got a $400,000 and change settlement from those judged at fault in the accident. WalMart immediately sued her for that money, and some more, on grounds that the WalMart health care policy demands that people such as Shank, who get settlements of this sort, owe those back to the company health plan. WalMart not only won the lawsuit, but it got taken all the way to the Supreme Court, which refused to hear it.
A week after the accident, Shank's son was killed in action in Iraq.
Shank has severe memory problems and requires constant medical care. She cannot remember her son's death, and asks about him constantly. Everytime she asks, and is told he has died, it is like the first time she's heard it.
WalMart has sent the Shanks a notice that they imminently intend to collect this money, which is the entirety of what she has for her care. Last quarter, WalMart made a profit of $90 BILLION dollars. Three or four of the WalMart heirs get listed every year on the top ten richest people IN THE WORLD.
The Supreme Court of the United States obviously thinks this is all just fine.
If you haven't heard about this atrocity, google is your friend.
caw
Shank is a former WalMart employee who was severely injured, suffering permanent brain damage, in an auto accident. She got a $400,000 and change settlement from those judged at fault in the accident. WalMart immediately sued her for that money, and some more, on grounds that the WalMart health care policy demands that people such as Shank, who get settlements of this sort, owe those back to the company health plan. WalMart not only won the lawsuit, but it got taken all the way to the Supreme Court, which refused to hear it.
A week after the accident, Shank's son was killed in action in Iraq.
Shank has severe memory problems and requires constant medical care. She cannot remember her son's death, and asks about him constantly. Everytime she asks, and is told he has died, it is like the first time she's heard it.
WalMart has sent the Shanks a notice that they imminently intend to collect this money, which is the entirety of what she has for her care. Last quarter, WalMart made a profit of $90 BILLION dollars. Three or four of the WalMart heirs get listed every year on the top ten richest people IN THE WORLD.
The Supreme Court of the United States obviously thinks this is all just fine.
If you haven't heard about this atrocity, google is your friend.
caw