McDonald’s is talking about no longer providing health care benefits to close to 30,000 of their hourly employees. The company wants the U.S. Government to provide them with a pass on one of the new requirements in the new national health system plan.

McDonalds is one of the restaurants that offer their employees health care coverage. They provide mini-med health plans to employees at over 10,000 U.S. locations. Currently an employee that is single has an option of paying $14 per week for a health plan that provides up to $10,000 in coverage per year.

The problem that the restaurant chain has is that the government asks that they meet a certain requirement to spend approximately 85% of its premium revenue on medical care. McDonald’s says that it is unrealistic.

More can be read about this at The Wall Street Times website.