Whole Foods comes out against health care reform

Hmmm...Whole Foods, too expensive for me. Seldom stop in.
Trader Joes, like the variety of different foods, and the ability to buy organic, and the prices are very reasonable.
My local grocery stores, Smiths and Albertsons, carry a line of organic foods, but they are rather on the expensive side.
Sorry to say....Unless you grow all of your own food, you are going to be supporting "big business".

You Whole Foods shoppers are hilarious.

You're all liberals, and totally unaware that not only is most of the food in Whole Foods not organic, nor even local, but that the company is run by a registered member of the Libertarian Party.

kingfugazi.
You better stop shopping just about anywhere than, because most every large business concerns put $$ into party issues that support their interests - - also if they in fact disregarded the human needs of their consumers, they would go out of business, so citizen, I don't see your analogy holding any water here.

So this guy is a republican and owns a big a$$ business that makes him booku bucks that he then puts into the party he supports to push the issues that will benefit him and seem to disregard human needs of other Americans? Why not shop there?

I think it's funny to read a blog titled "Whole Foods comes out against health care reform" when the target article clearly lists 20 or so reforms he is suggesting.

I think it's sad when logic doesn't always win the argument over ideology. I think it's funny how the CEO's of Whole Foods where brilliant and environmentally conscience until they have a differing opinion with the Obama administration. The CEO's of Whole Foods are obviously brilliant capitalists that unlike the Washington bureaucrats have actually ran a successful business and have tackled real life business decisions. Lets step back and listen once and awhile and use reason in actuality instead of unrealistic ideology that at the end of the day doe's not ad up at the end of the day. Support your leaders when it's justified but do not blindly follow unless you know what the long term repercussions are. We will be doomed and lead by dictatorships before you know it.

BillWatt you have facts and exercise reasonable thoughts with stats... I hear you brother. The people that BoyCott Whole Foods will be hurting the very people they think they are helping. Go figure.

Hey John "corporate feudalist" Mackey CEO of Whole Food Co. as of now I am not wasting my time driving 40 miles to go to a whole food store. I boycott all whole food stores, and there are alternatives here.
F you.

So- what are the parts of his editorial that you don't like?

To your comment about Whole Foods not being a "good company"... I read this section where he describes what the company is actually doing to help their people and not just what they think might be a good idea:

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Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs).

The combination of high-deductible health insurance and HSAs is one solution that could solve many of our health-care problems. For example, Whole Foods Market pays 100% of the premiums for all our team members who work 30 hours or more per week (about 89% of all team members) for our high-deductible health-insurance plan. We also provide up to $1,800 per year in additional health-care dollars through deposits into employees’ Personal Wellness Accounts to spend as they choose on their own health and wellness.

Money not spent in one year rolls over to the next and grows over time. Our team members therefore spend their own health-care dollars until the annual deductible is covered (about $2,500) and the insurance plan kicks in. This creates incentives to spend the first $2,500 more carefully. Our plan’s costs are much lower than typical health insurance, while providing a very high degree of worker satisfaction.
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There are pieces I would want to dig into:

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Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover. These mandates have increased the cost of health insurance by billions of dollars. What is insured and what is not insured should be determined by individual customer preferences and not through special-interest lobbying.
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Because I do think there are basic elements that should be covered for everyone but I do think the ability to freely shop around the different plans would be a better alternative.