
Health and Wellness Sean Slovenski declared, “We’re bringing people into the health care system that have not traditionally been in it and identifying their needs. Patients can go online to view prices of services and book appointments.
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They feature primary care, dental, lab and imaging, plus vision and audiology, and are starting to rapidly expand their footprint, aiming for 22 locations, in multiple states, by the end of 2021. Last year it started offering standalone clinics – Walmart Health – that went far beyond typical retail clinics. In 2008, it started offering in-store retail clinics, initially in partnership with hospitals and now operates on its own. Way back in 2006, it introduced its $4 Prescriptions program that upended pharmacy pricing. It is the fifth largest pharmacy chain by revenue.Īnd Walmart has been shaking up healthcare for some time. markets, it accounts for at least 50% of grocery sales. It is estimated that 95% of Americans shop at Walmart during the year. Ninety percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store. 265 million people (worldwide) shop at its stores each week.

When Walmart announced earlier this summer that it was opening an insurance agency to sell Medicare-related products and services plans, I thought, “that’s it?” When Walmart announced later in the summer that it was partnering (first with Microsoft, then with Oracle) in the bid to buy TikTok, I thought, “well, isn’t that interesting?” And when Walmart announced a few days ago that it was partnering with Clover Health to offer Medicare Advantage plans, I thought: “it’s about time.”
