United States: Walmart to extend staff health coverage to include IVF

US retail giant Walmart is to bolster its healthcare offering to staff with effect from 1 November, with a commitment to provide up to $20,000 in financial support for prospective parents pursuing in vitro fertilisation. The retail group had not been known for the quality of its health coverage until now, but efforts to attract and retain talent are necessary against the current recruitment backdrop in the sector.

Through . Published on 03 October 2022 Ă  15h50 - Update on 03 October 2022 Ă  15h50

More than 30 clinics. Having previously announced that it would extend its healthcare policy to cover abortion for staff “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability”, in light of the US Supreme Court’s decision in June to abolish nationwide right to abortion (see articles n°13044 and n°13114),…

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