Statement from WakeUpWalMart.com on Retail Giant's Healthcare "Announcement"

On a day that Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott got a $4.28 million dollar bonus, Wal-Mart called a conference call to discuss a survey it conducted on its healthcare plan. On the call, it was announced that Scott has the same healthcare plan as a part-time Wal-Mart cashier.

"It's no surprise Lee Scott is on the Wal-Mart health care plan - it's a plan only a well-compensated CEO could love," said Meghan Scott, spokesperson for WakeUpWalMart.com. "With a new five million dollar bonus, Lee Scott doesn't have to worry about the high deductibles or premiums that come along with so many of the retail giant's healthcare plans, but average workers do. The fact is nearly twenty percent of Wal-Mart workers have no coverage at all, or rely on state funded programs for their care. That means taxpayers across the country continue to pay too high a price for Wal-Mart's refusal to put forth a plan all of its workers can afford."