Health Care Blues: Wards takes the industry's pulse on the most threatening issue of the day

摘要

Suppliers and auto makers frequently fail to see eye-to-eye, but they apparently agree that rising healthcare costs make it more difficult for either to compete globally. Supplier and OEM employees participating in Wards 27th Annual Supplier Survey also say their healthcare coverage is not as comprehensive as it was five years ago, and both sides tend to view blue-collar workers as unwilling to accept concessions to ease the health-care burdens that are threatening the viability of Detroit auto makers.