linkWhat triggered this new business venture? The individual mandate combined with the lack of support by state governments in the South for the exchanges and Medicaid, has caused more of its employees to buy into company insurance instead of pursuing individual.
I'm not sure if this is good news or not. It's good in that it is one way to help bridge the gap in Republican states that are blocking Medicaid expansion but at the same time it may make them even less urgent to act. But then it also makes WalMart now have an active interest in the insurance mandate staying around if this proves profitable.
