A high-price to pay for a cheap waffle-maker.Parents enroll their children in the government's Children's Health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. Insurance Program (CHIP) because their own employers do not provide their families with adequate health coverage. The Charleston Gazette recently revealed that the West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. company with the most employees filing for CHIP coverage is Wal-Mart. It beats the next highest employer by three to one. In Georgia, the situation is worse. Wal-Mart children constitute 14 times the number of the state's next highest employer's applicants for CHIP, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Wal-Mart does offer a health insurance plan for its employees, who can participate if they can pony up po·ny n. pl. po·nies 1. Any of several types or breeds of horses that are small in size when full grown, such as the Shetland pony. 2. a. Informal A racehorse. b. 10 percent of their income before federal and state taxes have been deducted de·duct v. de·duct·ed, de·duct·ing, de·ducts v.tr. 1. To take away (a quantity) from another; subtract. 2. To derive by deduction; deduce. v.intr. . But, and this is a big but, Wal-Mart does not offer family health insurance to its part-time employees. They are not just an occasional fellow here and there, but one-fourth of all its workers. Wal-Mart has left their health care to the taxpayer, as its owners have become three of the five richest Americans. |
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