Yeah it is fair. If their employees cannot afford healthcare on their salaries I see nothing wrong with requiring them to provide more healthcare. Medicaid ends up paying for walmart employee’s healthcare. The system of tying healthcare to work is a horrible idea, but right now it is what we have. I’d personally prefer that walmart just pay a little more in taxes to go to medicaid instead.
I saw this story on Cavuto, that was pretty funny. He brought Steve Forbes on and pitched a bunch of softballs about how evil government mandates are and how good the free market system is. I thought it was funny.