The “Fair Share House Meetings” are the latest part of Wake-Up Wal-Mart’s “Make Wal-Mart Care About Health Care” campaign. Yesterday, as part of the campaign, Senator Kennedy, Senator Corzine, and Representative Weiner introduced the Health Care Accountability Act (HCAA). This important bill will help disclose the actual number of employees companies, like Wal-Mart, have on public health care and will help determine the true cost American taxpayers are bearing because Wal-Mart forces tens of thousands of its workers onto taxpayer-funded public health care. Currently, it is estimated that Wal-Mart, alone, costs taxpayers approximately $210 million a year because it fails to provide affordable health care coverage for its employees.

“Yesterday, Senator Kennedy, Senator Corzine, and Rep. Weiner, took a major step forward in exposing the true cost of the Wal-Mart health care tax. Tonight, in small towns and big cities, Americans will prove that we have the power to change Wal-Mart,” said Paul Blank, Campaign Director for Wake-Up Wal-Mart.

During the “Fair Share House Meetings” nearly 2000 Wake-Up Wal-Mart and Democracy for America supporters are expected to become the leaders and key organizers in statewide efforts to introduce “Fair Share Health Care” legislation in their respective state. The Fair Share legislation is modeled on similar legislation adopted in Maryland, but vetoed by Governor Ehrlich under pressure by Wal-Mart.

Local house meetings will be held in Bettendorf House, IA, Eastpointe, MI, Phoenix, AZ, Spokane, WA, and over 49 other cities and 34 other states.