Your state representatives work for you, not big business. It’s your state legislators job to find out how much companies like Wal-Mart cost your state’s taxpayers by forcing their own employees to use publicly funded health care.

Wal-Mart loves to brag about its health care benefits for its employees. But did you know that fewer than 50% of employees opt-in to Wal-Mart’s health care program because it is too expensive and inaccessible? As a result, many Wal-Mart employees are forced to enroll in Medicaid.

That’s right. Wal-Mart, a company that grossed over $11 billion in profits last year, is driving its employees to use a publicly funded health care program – placing a huge burden on employees and state tax systems. For some families, it is easier to simply go uninsured rather than deal with either system.

It’s time to hold Wal-Mart accountable. Your representatives in the state legislature have a responsibility to find out just how much Wal-Mart relies on publicly funded health care. Send a message to your representative, senators, assembly members, or delegates urging them to do their homework and find out how much Wal-Mart’s penny-pinching business practices cost your state.