Comments on: With Walmart Offering Legal Services Where Will You Fit In?

By: Joe Michelotti

Joe Michelotti — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:51:11 +0000

1. Walmart pays attorney ok salary say $100,000.00 + benefits + taxes…so walmart pays attorney $150,000.00/year.

2. Walmart requires attorney to work 70 hours a week. (don’t like it work elsewhere)

3. Walmart has a staff of 145 attorneys at $40.00/hr.

4. Say each medicaid case takes 50 hours.

5. It cost Walmart $2000.00 to get the “client” on medicaid.

6. Walmart collects medicaid benefits for the “client’s” lifetime.

7. Walmart hires physicians for $100,000.00 year (rinse and repeat)

Sounds like a good deal to me

There is no room for solos in this game, unless you are a PI attorney (and forget about the class action)

By: Corinne A. Tampas

Corinne A. Tampas — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:47:29 +0000

Medicaid isn’t just for those not yet ready for Medicare. The vast majority of those in nursing homes have outlived their money and are on Medicaid. … Now just who is trying to kill Granny?

By: Susan Cartier Liebel

Susan Cartier Liebel — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:06:40 +0000

Wow! Now this article cones out in the NYT. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/opinion/06wed1.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211

By: Susan Cartier Liebel

Susan Cartier Liebel — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:22:04 +0000

Exactly, Tony. On the surface it seems like a win for all involved initially. Yet once you look at the disparate parts and the ‘hero’ in this Greek tragedy there is alot of disease.

By: Anthony D. Ross

Anthony D. Ross — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:25:42 +0000

Thanks for a fascinating article. I’m sure Walmart legal-aid may have some short-term benefits for lawyers and for the poor, but the long-term ramifications concern me.