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health care costs per vehicle are between 1000-1700. We collectively, and the auto industry in particular, are at a big disadvantage until these costs are broug

• patio11 18y ago
  While I know Toyota is staffed mostly by robotic ninjas, presumably they need health care once and a while, too. Japan enjoys a standard of healthcare right up there with the US. Toyota also manages to pay American worker's healthcare expenses and still profit handsomely. Find another scapegoat?
  • jimbokun 18y ago
    "Toyota also manages to pay American worker's healthcare expenses and still profit handsomely." I think it's pretty well established that Toyota pays less for health care for their U.S. employees than the Big 3, and a large part of the reason for this is that the Big 3 are paying for health care for a lot of retirees who are no longer making cars. The NY Times had an analysis showing that most of the difference in "labor costs" between Big 3 and foreign makers was due to higher retiree benefits.