Filed under: Good news, Wal-Mart (WMT), Employees

690,970 of Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT)’s nearly 1.4 million workers signed up for its health-care plan during the enrollment period late last year, bringing the total up to 50% versus 47% a year ago.

The percentage of Wal-Mart workers with no health insurance dropped from 9.6% to 7.3%. That compares favorably to the 15% of full-time workers nationwide who lack health insurance.

This makes good PR for the company, but take it with a grain of salt. Wal-Mart offers a number of different health plans, some of which offer very little coverage: Wal-Mart does not break down which of its plans enrolled how many workers.

In other words, a large portion of those 50% who have health insurance could, metaphorically, have a plan that entitles them to seven leeches in the event of a serious illness.

But still, the number did tick up, and it looks like public pressure on Wal-Mart has inspired the company to do better by its workers.

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