Target scales back on health coverage

By Washington Examiner

Published January 22, 2014 9:26pm ET

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Target scales back on health coverage — FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013, file photo, a passer-by walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target, based in Minneapolis, said Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, the majority of its part-time workers who have been eligible for its health care insurance coverage don't enroll. In fact, less than 10 percent of its total employees of 361,000 take advantage of the part-time plan. It said it will stop covering the part-time workers beginning April 1. AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) | Steven Senne

NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. says it will no longer be offering health care coverage for its part-time workers.

The discounter is citing new options now available through health care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

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