Don't confuse these healthcare benefits with the egregious "bonuses" being paid out to bankers who ran the economy into the ground, only to be rewarded richly with bailout money in their pockets. This healthcare, and pension money, is money that was not paid to employees when Ford was at the top of the world in sales and profits.  Ford had the use of this money all that time, to invest, retool, etc., but it was not theirs. One more blow to Main St.