As the Walt Disney Co. enjoys another banner summer — its Toy Story franchise returned to bring in $1.1 billion globally — staff across the brand and its subsidiaries received unprecedented news last week announcing changes to their spouses’ health benefits eligibility, in a move that may signal a wider corporate trend as costs rise. Employees at Disney and its portfolio of brands — including Marvel, ABC News, ESPN and Searchlight Pictures — learned this week that the company will no longer allow spouses or domestic partners to join Disney-sponsored health plans if they have access to coverage through their own employer. The change was…
