Kroger Co., the nationwide retailer with more than $80 billion in sales, trimmed more spouses from its health coverage with the ratification of a major union contract in late July.
Kroger has been targeting spousal coverage as a way to reduce costs. The latest agreement, with the United Food and Commercial Workers union in the Cincinnati/Dayton, Ohio, area, actually represents a less severe spousal coverage reduction than earlier agreements.
As reported in the Dayton Daily News and other news services, the agreement effecting 17,700 union employees only ends coverage for spouses who have health insurance through another employer, or can't get coverage at work because the plan doesn't comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
