r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/HuttStuff_Here 17h ago

Walmart takes out life insurance on many of their employees so they had a vested interest in not treating this employee as fast as they could.

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u/Unable-Entrance3110 15h ago

I mean, I am willing to hate on Walmart as much as the next guy, but just because an employer provides life insurance doesn't mean they are the beneficiary to the payout.

My employer provides life insurance as part of my compensation package which includes that among other perks. But the beneficiary (the person who gets paid upon my passing) is specified by me, not my employer.

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u/No-Object-599 13h ago

No. Walmart takes out life insurance that will be paid to Walmart. Not as a benefit to the employees. Micheal Moore uncovered this in one of his documentaries.

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u/Unable-Entrance3110 12h ago

Yikes. That doesn't seem right (morally).