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The role of big business in current health care debates has just gotten a bit murkier, as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. supports proposals that would legally require companies to provide group health insurance for employees.

According to Chron.com, the National Retail Federation and the Chamber of Commerce lead opposition to the congressional health care proposals that include a group health insurance mandate for employees.

Wal-Mart isn't a member of either group, and a spokesman for the company states that 94 percent of its 1.4 million U.S. workers have coverage through the company, and that they need to focus on "containing costs."

Of course, both the opposition, as well as The United Food and Commercial Worker's Union, wonder how Wal-Mart's support of group health insurance mandates will contain those costs.

It will be interesting to see in coming months how these arguments play out as health care legislation slowly makes it way through congress, towards the desk of the President.