These people make minimum wage and the health insurance option that is open to them have very high co-pays and deductibles. Forget about insuring any kind of family they can't afford it.
This is classic Wall Street abuse. I believe in local restaurants and I really don't care if McDonald's suffers with an 'image' issue. Too bad. They mistreat people anyway. McDonald's has some of the highest fat content in the nation.
They like have their cartoon characters and donation bins speak for the benevolence of the company, but, the way they mistreat their employees is hideous.
They need a McDonald House for their children, they can't afford anything else.
McDonald's charges at least $5.00 and change for any meal that is purchased and they can't afford real health insurance for their employees.
How ridiculous is it for an employee to work for 6 hours 5 days a week making minimum wage and having co-pays and deductibles that are higher than a month's salary after taxes? They can't afford to go to the doctors so they don't subscribe to optional health insurance. These insurance policies need to be eliminated from the market place because it places people 'at risk' for illness and dangerous disease. Most of their employees nationwide are young people. And quiter old people that are still working becuase Wall Street robbed them blind in 2008.
There are definately health issues with both those groups and they have no real insurance when they enter into employment with McDonalds. So, I hope the federal government holds them responsible for obtaining 'real insurance' for their employees. I really wish the State Exchanges were already in place, but, it takes time. There are going to be these 'petty' issues come up. The employers really don't care about their employees. They don't offer good policies that are realistic for their employees to actually use them and maintain good health and this is going to come up. It really is a nonissue. I wish it weren't taking until 2014 to establish much of the insurance support that is mandated. It is a huge paradyme change.
