Though the company covers 100 percent of health
care costs, employees are not offered perks found at many companies, such as on - site
child care, tuition reimbursement, and a 401 (k) match.
Even
though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even
though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even
though it is the root cause of most pastoral -
care crises (suicides, auto fatalities,
child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even
though it
costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even
though its effects impair the educational process of every
child in every classroom, still the church acts as
though alcoholism does not exist.
Under this bill, the bulk of the mandated
costs of providing health
care coverage would be shifted to the States, even
though health needs and
costs of
care for
children will remain the same or increase.
The state's food
costs are 7.8 percent lower than the national median, and
child care is at least $ 1,100 cheaper a year for every age group included in this study,
though the state lacks a family leave policy.